title: Judgment, 25 February 1988.
abstract: The Supreme Court of Colombia dismissed an action against the defendant that charged him with performing an abortion as a consequence of his murdering a pregnant woman.  It held that there had been no crime of abortion since one of the elements of the crime is intention, and here the defendant had only intended to kill the pregnant woman, not to cause an abortion.  It let stand, however, murder charges against the defendant.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000569:Americas; D003105:Colombia; D003415:Crime; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services; D006708:Homicide; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007843:Latin America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011247:Pregnancy; D012940:Social Problems; D013020:South America
keywords: Abortion, Induced; Americas; Colombia; Court Decision; Crime; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Homicide; Latin America; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnant Women; Social Problems; South America