'I felt the world crash down on me': Women's experiences being denied legal abortion in Colombia

• Main Authors: Teresa DePiñeres (Author), Sarah Raifman (Author), Margoth Mora (Author), Cristina Villarreal (Author), Diana Greene Foster (Author), Caitlin Gerdts (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In 2006, Colombia's constitutional court overturned a complete ban on abortion, liberalizing the procedure. Despite a relatively liberal new law, women still struggle to access safe and legal abortion services. We aimed to understand why women are denied services in Colombia...