TIME00391

TIME00391
Latin America and the Caribbean
Colombia
Yes
Critical event
Neutral/neither
Social mobilization
05-2014
Colombia: The eighth March for the Right to Life was held in 20 cities throughout the country and with the participation of approximately 90,000 people. This mobilization sought to denounce the open promotion of abortion by state agencies, the funding of abortion with resources from the public health system, and pressure on medical personnel to practice abortions against their conscience.