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Controversial topics

What has been the Constitutional Court said Gender-based violence persists as an
about this issue in recent years? epidemic in Colombia in the light of data
handled by different institutions nationwide.
The Constitution court has been said that it’s
like a crime. Article 122 of the Criminal Code Gender violence is an action of dangerous
says that the woman who causes her abortion human this action as how intellectual or
will have a sentence deprived of freedom of physicals, in Colombian has been for many
one to three years however, in 2006, the years
constitution court recognized the right of
women to voluntarily terminate the pregnancy
in three cases:
i. When the pregnancy is the product
of rape, incest or forced artificial
insemination.
When the fetus has a malformation
incompatible with life outside the
uterus,
When pregnancy constitutes a risk to
the life or health of women.

In my opinion, many people believe that gender violence is a topic that has been more than abortion,
however this brings us young people care about having an unwanted pregnancy, this topic has been
worrying a lot today because they don’t want to bring a new life with so many problems that society
has had today.

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