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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Colombians Reject Legalizing Abortion
(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Many adults in Colombia are opposed to pregnancy termination, according to a poll by YanHaas released by Radio RCN. 65.6 per cent of respondents think abortion should remain illegal.
In Colombia, abortion is not permitted under any circumstance, and is deemed a crime against personal integrity and life. In 1997, the country's Constitutional Court ruled that the right of rape victims to seek pregnancy termination "cannot take precedence over the life of the unborn."
In June, Human Rights Watch issued a statement calling Colombia's abortion-related penal sanctions as "inconsistent with international human rights obligations."
Polling Data
Do you think abortion should remain illegal in Colombia?
Yes | 65.6% |
No | 26.9% |
Not sure / No reply | 7.5% |
Source: YanHaas / Radio RCN
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 600 Colombian adults in the cities of Barranquilla, Bogota, Bucaramanga, Cali and Medellin, conducted on Jul. 25, 2005. Margin of error is 4 per cent.
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