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ABORTION IN COLOMBIA
Get care from specialists in the country with the greatest legal guarantees in Latin America.
Why seek care from Oriéntame in Colombia?
Legality
In 2022, Colombia decriminalized abortion, without conditions, for the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
This legal framework allows anyone, regardless of their nationality, country of residence or immigration status, to access health services to safely abort.
Experience
In Colombia, you can receive care from specialists at Oriéntame, a pioneering institution in the country in providing comprehensive services for legal abortion and a regional leader in the design of public health protocols for safe abortion.
Oriéntame offers you 16 service points throughout Colombia, several of them in border areas, to facilitate access to the service depending on your country of origin.
The highest standard of care
In addition to complying with national guidelines, Oriéntame is a high-quality verified supplier by the National Abortion Federation -NAF-, all of this ensures compliance with the most demanding protocols in comprehensive abortion care.
Comprehensive care
The service offered by Oriéntame ensures you full support and coverage of all the steps required in the care process. From complete information prior to your trip from the appointment center, through support during your stay in the country, to assistance for your return home.
Reduced or subsidized rates
Thanks to the support of donor organizations, we have reduced rates compared to other private providers and, in some cases, people in situations of social vulnerability can access care with subsidized payments.
CONFIDENTIAL
Your information is protected by Colombian laws on confidentiality of medical records.
SAFE
The entire care process is governed by professional confidentiality between the patient and the treating physician.
LEGAL
Backed by Colombian laws that guarantee your right to decide.
The most effective and safe techniques
We ensure that we have the most effective treatment options proven by evidence-based medicine.
Medical abortion
The combination of misoprostol and mifepristone, so far the most effective for medical abortion.
Manual uterine aspiration
We have the manual uterine aspiration (AMEU) technique, the fastest and safest for terminating pregnancies up to 15 weeks gestation.
How it works
- Book a virtual appointment: through WhatsApp , choose the day and time that suits you best.
- Provide your consent: Read, sign and return the informed consent documents authorizing your participation in the virtual medical consultation.
- Preparing for the virtual consultation: Make sure you have a quiet environment, a device (phone, computer or tablet) with sufficient charge and an internet connection.
- Consultation development: attend your appointment, share all your doubts and expectations with the health professional.
- Organize your trip as agreed upon in your consultation: follow the health professional's recommendations.
- Visit one of Oriéntame's medical centers and receive the treatment of your choice.
- Return to your country: resume your life and follow the recommendations of health personnel for a satisfactory recovery and full sexual and reproductive health.
Frequently Asked Questions
The first sign of pregnancy is a missed period, however , there are times when menstrual cycles are irregular and this makes it difficult to establish whether it is a pregnancy or another reason. For this reason, it is recommended that, after a week of missed period, you take a urine test, one of those that you can get at your local pharmacy. These tests, also called qualitative tests, give you two possible results: positive or negative. If the result is positive, you can begin the care process with Decido sin Fronteras.
Getting pregnant can be good or bad news, it all depends on your expectations. For example, you may not be planning to get pregnant this year, but if you are interested in having children, then the news of pregnancy can adjust to your expectations by slightly modifying your plans because there is a desire for motherhood/fatherhood. This is the case of a desired pregnancy, even if it was initially unexpected or unplanned.
On the other hand, there are cases in which one desires and plans to have children and during gestation an adverse situation arises that makes the pregnancy unwanted, for example, a breakup or the discovery of a cancer that requires treatment.
In general, all women and people with the possibility of gestating have three options when faced with the news of pregnancy:
Continuation and upbringing: This is often the path that people living in countries with legislation contrary to reproductive freedom are forced to take.
Continuation and delivery for adoption: a legal option in most countries, although with more or less obstacles to carrying it out in several Latin American countries where prejudice and the institutions responsible for adoption processes are not prepared to handle these requests with the sensitivity and respect for the people who decide to adopt.
Interruption or abortion: a legitimate and dignified alternative for people who cannot bear a pregnancy or raise a child. However, in most Latin American countries there are different barriers to accessing health services for abortion care, even in those where legislation is more favorable to reproductive autonomy.
According to the World Health Organization, an abortion treatment is safe if two conditions are met:
It is carried out by qualified personnel with sufficient training to perform voluntary termination of pregnancy, providing care focused on the needs and context of the person.
Treatments recognized for their safety and effectiveness based on medical evidence are administered, for example, medical abortion with the combination of misoprostol and mifepristone for pregnancies in the first trimester of pregnancy or abortion by uterine aspiration for pregnancies under 15 weeks of gestation.
