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American Life League and Human Life International took on this fight when it was discovered that many abortion organizations were to overturn the current Colombian law, which protects born babies. The Center for Reproductive Rights International Planned Parenthood Federation. Human Rights Watch and "Catholics for a Free Choice are just a few of the American groups that were working to overturn the law and decriminalize abortion in Colombia.

A woman and her doctor may freely decide to take a pregnancy during the first trimester, bullet state governments can restrict abortion access after the first trimester with laws to protect the woman's health. bullet abortions after fetal viability must be available if the woman's health or life are at risk; state governments can prohibit other abortions.

The stage prior to approximately the end of the first trimester, the abortion decision and its effectuation must be left to the medical judgment of the pregnant woman's attending physician."

The stage subsequent to approximately the end of the first trimester, the State, in promoting its interest in the health of the mother, may, if it chooses, regulate the abortion procedure in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health."

The stage subsequent to viability the State, in promoting its interest in the potentiality of human life, may, if it chooses, regulate, and even proscribe, abortion except where necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, for the preservation of the life or health of the mother."