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Colombia was filled with approximately 500,000 people on February 27, 2022, who marched across the country in response to a recent court ruling which decriminalized abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Those participating in the march view Colombia as a country that values all life, from birth to natural death. The march was a display of the outrage and disappointment brought on by the Constitutional Court of Colombia\u2019s vote in February<\/a>, effectively allowing abortion, with no restrictions, up to six months of pregnancy.\u00a0Pro-life groups and individuals from many different religions participated.<\/p>\n

Deisy Alvarez, Executive Director of Red Provida Latin American Pro-Life Network, explained<\/a>, \u201cThe terrible decision that the Constitutional Court has made… is barbaric. Abortion is horrible at any week of pregnancy but allowing abortions in such advanced stages is going to affect women psychologically.\u201d\u00a0She continued, saying abortions \u201care going to skyrocket because they are practically being allowed under all circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Until the recent court ruling, Colombia only allowed abortions in cases of rape, fetal malformation, or when the pregnancy endangers the mother\u2019s life. Because of the recent ruling, moving forward, abortion will be legal until six months of pregnancy; after that, abortion will only be permitted if the health of the mother is in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

READ: Colombia legislature fails to legalize assisted suicide, leaving it completely unregulated<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

United for Life president Jes\u00fas Maga\u00f1a, said<\/a> the rally\u2019s ambience was one of “great distress and indignation but at the same time of joy and enthusiasm.\u201d The half million marchers are calling for the removal of the judges who they claim have abused their power.\u00a0The group said<\/a> in a statement, \u201cTheir immediate resignation is being demanded and that the ruling be annulled because it goes against Article 11 of the Constitution, international accords and treaties, and the Court\u2019s own jurisprudence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The organization\u2019s platform also shared a “Manifesto for the Defense of Life” during the march, when more than 70,000 gathered in Bogota\u2019s Plaza de Bolivar.<\/p>\n

The manifesto says, \u201cThe Colombian people will fight for this disastrous ruling to be annulled. We will use all the legal, political, cultural and social means that the rule of law offers us to precisely restore the right to life, which has been systematically violated by the rulings of the Constitutional Court for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

The march will likely not be the last of the demonstrations, with the manifesto concluding, \u201cWe will continue to mobilize until this massacre is stopped.”<\/p>\n

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