Today I have deeply discouraging news to report out of South America. On Monday, February 21, the Constitutional Court of Colombia issued a 5-4 arbitrary and unconstitutional decision that abortion is to be allowed, without restriction, up through 24 weeks of pregnancy.
In a press release, the Constitutional Court stated that abortion “will only be punishable when it is carried out after the twenty-fourth (24) week of pregnancy and, in any case, this time limit will not apply to the three cases established in ruling C-355 of 2006.”
That prior 2006 ruling permitted abortion in cases of rape, fetal abnormality, or when the life of the mother was threatened, if certified as necessary by a doctor. The new ruling...
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Sincerely yours in Christ, Father Shenan J. Boquet Human Life International |