213,895 Colombian Women Had Access to Safe Abortion Procedures Since 2022
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February 20, 2026 Hour: 1:18 pm
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Doctors provided 59,532 services in 2025, 94.5% of which were medical abortions.
On Friday, Colombian reproductive health organization ‘Profamilia’ announced that since the decriminalization of abortion in 2022, 213,895 women and pregnant people have been able to access safe procedures.
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Colombian doctors provided 59,532 services in 2025, 94.5% of which were medical abortions before the 12th week of gestation. The Roundtable for Women’s Life and Health also supported 1,569 cases between 2022 and 2025 that had delays or obstacles.
Profamilia Director Marta Royo highlighted progress in guaranteeing the right to abortion, although she pointed out challenges such as territorial inequalities that affect rural, Indigenous, Afro-descendant women, and residents of remote areas.
The organization emphasized the need to strengthen the public network, train medical personnel, guarantee stigma-free information, and ensure that conscientious objection is individual, preventing it from affecting service delivery.
The text reads, “National Government formalized the employment of community mothers from the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, who will now be public employees. The process began with 2,300 women. Another campaign promise fulfilled; change is moving forward.”
The organization considered it crucial that abortion be part of the public debate in the Colombian election year and that candidates make concrete commitments to guarantee sexual and reproductive rights.
Colombia has one of the most comprehensive abortion laws in Latin America, in contrast to countries where abortion remains restricted or prohibited, which reinforces the importance of guaranteeing effective access in the region.
In the region, access is unequal: countries like El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua prohibit it entirely, while others allow it under specific gestational limits or circumstances such as sexual violence or risk to the woman’s life.
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Source: EFE – La Jornada
