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BOGOTA, Colombia, May 11, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A Colombian court has decided to partially lift the country's ban on abortion, El Tiempo newspaper reported Thursday.
The new law will allow abortions in cases of rape and incest and if either the mother or child is in mortal danger.
Abortion has long been a hot-button issue in the predominantly Roman Catholic South American country.
Anti-abortion rights activists rallied against the decision saying it was a "moral" issue and not a matter of public health.
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