The decriminalisation of abortion in Colombia as cautionary tale. Social movements, numbers and socio-technical struggles in the promotion of health as a right

This paper discusses the complexity of contemporary struggles for collective health in Colombia, by analysing the efforts of different actors to inscribe abortion as a matter of public health and as a human right. In 2006 the Colombian Constitutional Court (Sentence C 355 of 2006) partially decrimin...

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Abortion
Article
Civil rights
Colombia
Disease burden
Female
Health promotion
Human
Human rights
International law
Law suit
Mortality
Priority journal
Public health
Reproductive rights
Statistics
Adult
Health care delivery
Induced abortion
Legislation and jurisprudence
Pregnancy
Women's rights
Adult
Colombia
Female
Health promotion
Health services accessibility
Humans
Pregnancy
Women's rights
Abortion
Colombia
Quantification
Sexual and reproductive rights
Strategic litigation
induced
Abortion
Rights
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spelling 800997066002020-05-26T00:09:40Z2020-05-26T00:09:40Z2019This paper discusses the complexity of contemporary struggles for collective health in Colombia, by analysing the efforts of different actors to inscribe abortion as a matter of public health and as a human right. In 2006 the Colombian Constitutional Court (Sentence C 355 of 2006) partially decriminalised abortion in specific circumstances. Such a change in regulation was the result of the strategic coordination of international organisations, researchers and women’s social movements. These groups produced a powerful network of international regulation and epidemiological data about abortion’s mortality and burden of disease in order to move the discussion from the moral field to public health and international law. Despite the significance of the sentence in terms of civil rights, ten years after the regulation there is no clarity about its impact. Conservative sectors within the government have limited the operation of the regulation, through eliciting convoluted rules for hospitals and care providers. On the other hand, data about safe abortions are weak and precarious. Recently groups opposed of abortion have exploited such weakness to undermine the impact of the decriminalisation and to criticise the justification of legalising abortion as a matter of public health. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis Group.application/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2018.15041011744170617441692https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/24170engRoutledge1043No. 440181031Global Public HealthVol. 14Global Public Health, ISSN:17441706, 17441692, Vol.14, No.44018 (2019); pp. 1031-1043https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85052118650&doi=10.1080%2f17441692.2018.1504101&partnerID=40&md5=b048f2648288c6c42bd617f2768c5e2eAbierto (Texto Completo)http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2instname:Universidad del Rosarioreponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURAbortionArticleCivil rightsColombiaDisease burdenFemaleHealth promotionHumanHuman rightsInternational lawLaw suitMortalityPriority journalPublic healthReproductive rightsStatisticsAdultHealth care deliveryInduced abortionLegislation and jurisprudencePregnancyWomen's rightsAdultColombiaFemaleHealth promotionHealth services accessibilityHumansPregnancyWomen's rightsAbortionColombiaQuantificationSexual and reproductive rightsStrategic litigationinducedAbortionThe decriminalisation of abortion in Colombia as cautionary tale. Social movements, numbers and socio-technical struggles in the promotion of health as a rightarticleArtículohttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Maldonado Castañeda, Oscar Javier10336/24170oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/241702022-05-02 07:37:16.744401https://repository.urosario.edu.coRepositorio institucional EdocURedocur@urosario.edu.co
dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv The decriminalisation of abortion in Colombia as cautionary tale. Social movements, numbers and socio-technical struggles in the promotion of health as a right
title The decriminalisation of abortion in Colombia as cautionary tale. Social movements, numbers and socio-technical struggles in the promotion of health as a right
spellingShingle The decriminalisation of abortion in Colombia as cautionary tale. Social movements, numbers and socio-technical struggles in the promotion of health as a right
Abortion
Article
Civil rights
Colombia
Disease burden
Female
Health promotion
Human
Human rights
International law
Law suit
Mortality
Priority journal
Public health
Reproductive rights
Statistics
Adult
Health care delivery
Induced abortion
Legislation and jurisprudence
Pregnancy
Women's rights
Adult
Colombia
Female
Health promotion
Health services accessibility
Humans
Pregnancy
Women's rights
Abortion
Colombia
Quantification
Sexual and reproductive rights
Strategic litigation
induced
Abortion
title_short The decriminalisation of abortion in Colombia as cautionary tale. Social movements, numbers and socio-technical struggles in the promotion of health as a right
title_full The decriminalisation of abortion in Colombia as cautionary tale. Social movements, numbers and socio-technical struggles in the promotion of health as a right
title_fullStr The decriminalisation of abortion in Colombia as cautionary tale. Social movements, numbers and socio-technical struggles in the promotion of health as a right
title_full_unstemmed The decriminalisation of abortion in Colombia as cautionary tale. Social movements, numbers and socio-technical struggles in the promotion of health as a right
title_sort The decriminalisation of abortion in Colombia as cautionary tale. Social movements, numbers and socio-technical struggles in the promotion of health as a right
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Abortion
Article
Civil rights
Colombia
Disease burden
Female
Health promotion
Human
Human rights
International law
Law suit
Mortality
Priority journal
Public health
Reproductive rights
Statistics
Adult
Health care delivery
Induced abortion
Legislation and jurisprudence
Pregnancy
Women's rights
Adult
Colombia
Female
Health promotion
Health services accessibility
Humans
Pregnancy
Women's rights
Abortion
Colombia
Quantification
Sexual and reproductive rights
Strategic litigation
topic Abortion
Article
Civil rights
Colombia
Disease burden
Female
Health promotion
Human
Human rights
International law
Law suit
Mortality
Priority journal
Public health
Reproductive rights
Statistics
Adult
Health care delivery
Induced abortion
Legislation and jurisprudence
Pregnancy
Women's rights
Adult
Colombia
Female
Health promotion
Health services accessibility
Humans
Pregnancy
Women's rights
Abortion
Colombia
Quantification
Sexual and reproductive rights
Strategic litigation
induced
Abortion
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv induced
Abortion
description This paper discusses the complexity of contemporary struggles for collective health in Colombia, by analysing the efforts of different actors to inscribe abortion as a matter of public health and as a human right. In 2006 the Colombian Constitutional Court (Sentence C 355 of 2006) partially decriminalised abortion in specific circumstances. Such a change in regulation was the result of the strategic coordination of international organisations, researchers and women’s social movements. These groups produced a powerful network of international regulation and epidemiological data about abortion’s mortality and burden of disease in order to move the discussion from the moral field to public health and international law. Despite the significance of the sentence in terms of civil rights, ten years after the regulation there is no clarity about its impact. Conservative sectors within the government have limited the operation of the regulation, through eliciting convoluted rules for hospitals and care providers. On the other hand, data about safe abortions are weak and precarious. Recently groups opposed of abortion have exploited such weakness to undermine the impact of the decriminalisation and to criticise the justification of legalising abortion as a matter of public health. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis Group.
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