From April 13, those who “in order to hinder the exercise of the right to voluntary interruption of pregnancy” harass a woman “through annoying, offensive, intimidating or coercive acts that undermine her freedom” will be punished with prison sentences of three months to one year or to community work from 31 to 80 days”, indicates the norm.
The same penalties are provided for those who harass workers at these clinics, as the new rule warns that “harassment of health centers where women voluntarily interrupt their pregnancies is a constant since the approval of the law decriminalizing abortion “.
In Colombia abortion is decriminalized until the 24th week of pregnancy
This reform aims to guarantee “the privacy of women, their freedom and physical and moral security”, as well as their “sexual and reproductive rights”.
abortion in Spain
Abortion was decriminalized in Spain in 1985, for only three reasons: rape, serious risk to the mother and fetal malformation, but it was not until 2010 that the interruption of pregnancy without medical justification was legalized until the fourteenth week of gestation.
According to official data, in 2020 there were 88,269 abortions in the country, with a rate of 10.3 per 1,000 women.
Despite this, women in this country with a strong Catholic tradition continue to encounter obstacles because many doctors refuse to perform the procedure.