In a historic 5-3 ruling, Colombia's Supreme Court legalized abortion under some circumstances -- specifically, in cases of rape, incest, to save the mother's life, and fatal fetal deformity. Previously, there was a total ban on abortion.
Colombia's religious right strongly opposed the decision, with bishops now threatening excommunications and civil disobedience. (At least one "Christian" news organization in this country is propagandizing against the measure, neglecting to mention the narrow set of cases in which abortion has been legalized.)
It's things like this that make me wish I knew more about Third World politics. On all sorts of issues (including poverty, but not limited to that) the problems in other countries are more severe than they are here. Against enemies this bad, it's really heartening to see the good guys win.
