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| '''Contraception: Over-the-Counter''' | |||
| condoms, pills | |||
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| '''Contraception: Prescription/Clinic Required''' | |||
| IUD, implant, shot, patch, ring, | |||
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| '''Emergency Contraception''' | |||
| no prescription required; widely available in pharmacies | |||
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| '''STIs''' | |||
| no travel restrictions | |||
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| '''Menstrual Products''' | |||
| pads, tampons, cups | |||
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| '''Abortion Law''' | |||
| not available upon request; legal in restricted circumstances | |||
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| '''LGBTQ Laws''' | |||
| homosexuality legal; gender change legal (surgery required) | |||
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| '''Related Pages''' | |||
| [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]] | |||
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Generally speaking, contraceptives, such as birth control pills and condoms, are legal and widely available. Emergency contraception is also legal and, while a prescription may be technically required, it seems easily obtainable regardless of prescription status for women. However, some minors may experience difficulty obtaining emergency contraceptive pills, particularly if they look underaged. If you are a teenager, you are legally allowed to purchase emergency contraception, but you may need to contact a few pharmacists before finding one who grants you access to emergency contraception. Regarding STIs, there are no travel or residency restrictions related to HIV status in Colombia. Furthermore, | Generally speaking, contraceptives, such as birth control pills and condoms, are legal and widely available. Emergency contraception is also legal and, while a prescription may be technically required, it seems easily obtainable regardless of prescription status for women. However, some minors may experience difficulty obtaining emergency contraceptive pills, particularly if they look underaged. If you are a teenager, you are legally allowed to purchase emergency contraception, but you may need to contact a few pharmacists before finding one who grants you access to emergency contraception. Regarding STIs, there are no travel or residency restrictions related to HIV status in Colombia. Furthermore, there are numerous STI testing locations, including mobile clinics, throughout Colombia, although STI testing rates remain generally low in the country. | ||
According to Colombian law, women are entitled to 14 weeks of maternity leave. Since 2006, abortion has been legal for certain cases in Colombia, but it is not yet available upon request. It is currently only available based on three criteria. Note that there are still many cases of unsafe and illegal in Colombia, so it's important to research providers and the intended procedures in advance. | According to Colombian law, women are entitled to 14 weeks of maternity leave. Since 2006, abortion has been legal for certain cases in Colombia, but it is not yet available upon request. It is currently only available based on three criteria. Note that there are still many cases of unsafe and illegal in Colombia, so it's important to research providers and the intended procedures in advance. | ||
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In Colombia, oral contraceptives (birth control pills) and condoms are legal and widely available. They can be purchased over-the-counter at pharmacies. No prescription is required.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, for other contraceptive methods, such as contraceptive implants, injectables or IUDs, you will need to visit a physician. | In Colombia, oral contraceptives (birth control pills) and condoms are legal and widely available. They can be purchased over-the-counter at pharmacies. No prescription is required.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, for other contraceptive methods, such as contraceptive implants, injectables or IUDs, you will need to visit a physician or trained pharmacy professional. | ||
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Generally speaking, Colombian women use contraceptives at a slightly higher rate than the South American average. In 2015, it was found that about 78% of Colombian women (who were between 15-49 years old and married/in unions) used some form of contraception, including traditional methods, which was a bit higher than the South American average for that year (about 75% of women). Furthermore, about 8% of women had unmet family planning needs, which was lower than the South American average of that year (about 10%). The most common forms of contraception was female sterilization (about 34% of women). This was followed by contraceptive injectables (9%), birth control pills ( | Generally speaking, Colombian women use contraceptives at a slightly higher rate than the South American average. In 2015, it was found that about 78% of Colombian women (who were between 15-49 years old and married/in unions) used some form of contraception, including traditional methods, which was a bit higher than the South American average for that year (about 75% of women). Furthermore, about 8% of women had unmet family planning needs, which was lower than the South American average of that year (about 10%). The most common forms of contraception was female sterilization (about 34% of women). This was followed by contraceptive injectables (9%), birth control pills (8%), IUDs (7%), and male condoms (7%). There were rather low rates of usage for contraceptive implants (3%) and male sterilization (3%). Traditional methods, such as withdrawal/pull out method (4%) and the rhythm method (3%) were also not very common. There were practically no users of vaginal barrier methods (less than 1%).<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use 2015]</ref> | ||
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* If you want '''condoms''' ("condon" in Spanish), you can find them in pharmacies, drug stores, and sometimes in bathrooms at clubs and bars. | * If you want '''condoms''' ("condon" in Spanish), you can find them in pharmacies, drug stores, and sometimes in bathrooms at clubs and bars. You can get a box of 100 European-made condoms for around 17 USD in Profamilia farmacies. | ||
* If you want '''birth control pills''' ("píldoras anticonceptivas” in Spanish), you can find over 20 brands of combined and progestagen-only pills in Colombian pharmacies, including Belara, Cerazette, Cilest, Diane, Marvelon, Neogynon, Noral, Nordiol, Microfemin, Microfemin CD, Microgynon, Microgynon 28 and Nordette, etc. | * If you want '''birth control pills''' ("píldoras anticonceptivas” in Spanish), you can find over 20 brands of combined and progestagen-only pills in Colombian pharmacies, including Belara, Cerazette, Cilest, Diane, Marvelon, Neogynon, Noral, Nordiol, Microfemin, Microfemin CD, Microgynon, Microgynon 28 and Nordette, etc. | ||
* If you want '''contraceptive injectables''' ("anticonceptivo inyectable" in Spanish), there are many options, including Cyclofem, Cyclofemina, Dahlia, Depo-Provera, Mesigyna, Norigynon, Progestin 100 and Progestin Depot.<ref>[[http://contraceptive.ippf.org/search?search.searchtext=&search.component=&search.countrycode=CO IPFF Colombia]</ref> You can get the injections at pharmacies or clinics in Colombia. | * If you want '''contraceptive injectables''' ("anticonceptivo inyectable" in Spanish), there are many options, including Cyclofem, Cyclofemina, Dahlia, Depo-Provera, Mesigyna, Norigynon, Progestin 100 and Progestin Depot.<ref>[[http://contraceptive.ippf.org/search?search.searchtext=&search.component=&search.countrycode=CO IPFF Colombia]</ref> You can get the injections at pharmacies or clinics in Colombia. | ||
* If you want a '''contraceptive implant''' ("implante anticonceptivo" in Spanish), you can find Jadelle in Colombia.<ref>[[http://contraceptive.ippf.org/search?search.searchtext=&search.component=&search.countrycode=CO IPFF Colombia]</ref> You should contact a local clinic or health care professional to obtain the implant. | * If you want a '''contraceptive implant''' ("implante anticonceptivo" in Spanish), you can find Jadelle in Colombia.<ref>[[http://contraceptive.ippf.org/search?search.searchtext=&search.component=&search.countrycode=CO IPFF Colombia]</ref> You should contact a local clinic or health care professional to obtain the implant. | ||
* If you want an '''IUD''' ("DIU” in Spanish), you can find Mirena in Colombia.<ref>[[http://contraceptive.ippf.org/search?search.searchtext=&search.component=&search.countrycode=CO IPFF Colombia]</ref> | * If you want an '''IUD''' ("DIU” in Spanish), you can find Mirena and other IUDs in Colombia.<ref>[[http://contraceptive.ippf.org/search?search.searchtext=&search.component=&search.countrycode=CO IPFF Colombia]</ref> For example, at [http://www.clinicadelamujer.com.co/index.php/es/ Clinica de la Mujer], a private clinic, you can get an IUD insertion procedure for 320,000 COP, as of July 2018. However, it should be noted that you can probably find cheaper options at public clinics and IPPF-affiliated programs, like Profamilia. | ||
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* [http://www.profamilia.org.co/ Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia)]: They have many locations across the country, and they focus on providing low-cost and affordable health care to women in Colombia. Address: Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana, Calle 34 #14-52, Bogotá, D.C. Colombia. P: (57-1) 339-0900. | * [http://www.profamilia.org.co/ Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia)]: They have many locations across the country, and they focus on providing low-cost and affordable health care to women in Colombia. Address: Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana, Calle 34 #14-52, Bogotá, D.C. Colombia. P: (57-1) 339-0900. | ||
* [http://www.clinicadelamujer.com.co/index.php/es/ Clinica de la Mujer]: This private clinic, established in 1991, has been recommended by multiple locals. Address: Cra 19C No. 91-17, Bogota Colombia. Phone: Call +57 1 6161799. Email: anarino@clinicadelamujer.com.co | * [http://www.clinicadelamujer.com.co/index.php/es/ Clinica de la Mujer]: This private clinic, established in 1991, has been recommended by multiple locals. They charge 189,000 COP for an appointment consultation, as of July 2018. Address: Cra 19C No. 91-17, Bogota Colombia. Phone: Call +57 1 6161799. Email: anarino@clinicadelamujer.com.co | ||
** Recommended ob/gyn: Ricardo Martin in Clinica Santa Fe and Clinica de la Mujer: A local says: "He is amazing." Phone: 215-2300. | ** Recommended ob/gyn: Ricardo Martin in Clinica Santa Fe and Clinica de la Mujer: A local says: "He is amazing." Phone: 215-2300. | ||
* [https://www.fsfb.org.co/wps/portal/fsfb/inicio/servicioensalud/ Fundación Santa Fe]: This is a private university hospital, and it one of the best clinics in Colombia. Their gynecology department is equipped to handle many specialties, including Maternal Fetal Medicine, Oncology, Gynecology, Endocrinology and Infertility, Menopause, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Family Planning, and with them covers the entire perinatal cycle. Address: Carrera 7 No. 117 - 15. Telephones: (571) 6030303 / Fax (571) 6575714 / AA 220246. Email: info@fsfb.org.co | * [https://www.fsfb.org.co/wps/portal/fsfb/inicio/servicioensalud/ Fundación Santa Fe]: This is a private university hospital, and it one of the best clinics in Colombia. Their gynecology department is equipped to handle many specialties, including Maternal Fetal Medicine, Oncology, Gynecology, Endocrinology and Infertility, Menopause, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Family Planning, and with them covers the entire perinatal cycle. Address: Carrera 7 No. 117 - 15. Telephones: (571) 6030303 / Fax (571) 6575714 / AA 220246. Email: info@fsfb.org.co | ||
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* [http://www.profamilia.org.co/ Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia)]: They have many locations across the country, and they offer fertility services. To learn more about their fertility services, click [https://profamilia.org.co/inicio/mujer-2/servicios-mujer/unidad-de-fertilidad-mujer/ here]. | |||
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* [http://www.profamilia.org.co/ Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia)]: They have many locations across the country, and they offer abortion services. Address: Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana, Calle 34 #14-52, Bogotá, D.C. Colombia. P: (57-1) 339-0900 | * [http://www.profamilia.org.co/ Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia)]: They have many locations across the country, and they offer abortion services. They have many locations across the country, and they offer abortion services. You can schedule a consultation for an abortion on their website by clicking [https://profamilia.org.co/aborto/agenda-tu-cita/ here]. To learn more about abortion from their website, click [https://profamilia.org.co/aborto/que-es-aborto/ here]. "Profamilia operates sixty-six clinics and mobile health units in Colombia, accounting for nearly three-quarters of the country’s family planning capacity. It works to ensure poor people living in urban and rural communities are able to receive high-quality sexual and reproductive health services, including contraception, gynecological exams, pregnancy and STI testing, abortion, and cervical and breast cancer screenings. In 2015, Profamila provided more than three million services." Address: Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana, Calle 34 #14-52, Bogotá, D.C. Colombia. P: (57-1) 339-0900 | ||
* [http://www.orientame.org.co/ Fundación Oriéntame]: One of the two main nonprofit clinics in Bogotá that provide legal abortion services. You can [https://rewire.news/article/2014/02/05/experience-fundacion-orientame-bogota-model-reproductive-care-latin-america/ read an account] by someone who worked at Fundacion Orientame. | * [http://www.orientame.org.co/ Fundación Oriéntame]: One of the two main nonprofit clinics in Bogotá that provide legal abortion services. You can [https://rewire.news/article/2014/02/05/experience-fundacion-orientame-bogota-model-reproductive-care-latin-america/ read an account] by someone who worked at Fundacion Orientame. | ||
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* [http://www.profamilia.org.co/ Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia)]: They have many locations across the country, and they offer resources/support for victims of gender-based or domestic violence. To learn more, click [http://profamilia.org.co/inicio/mujer-2/servicios-mujer/violencia-mujer/ here]. | |||
* Casa de la Mujer, Apartado 36151, Bogota, Colombia. Tel. 248 2469. | * Casa de la Mujer, Apartado 36151, Bogota, Colombia. Tel. 248 2469. | ||
* [http://www.familiesoffana.org/colombia/fana/ FANA]: "Located in Suba, the 11th locality of the Capital District of the Colombian capital city, Bogotá, FANA (the Spanish acronym for the Foundation for the Assistance of Abandoned Children) is a modern facility with up-to-date medical care, staff and equipment capable of caring for 150 children. FANA is also able to offer prenatal and delivery services to any birth mother in need. Any child who is placed for adoption is cared for in a new born intensive care facility under the supervision of full-time physicians and medical personnel." | * [http://www.familiesoffana.org/colombia/fana/ FANA]: "Located in Suba, the 11th locality of the Capital District of the Colombian capital city, Bogotá, FANA (the Spanish acronym for the Foundation for the Assistance of Abandoned Children) is a modern facility with up-to-date medical care, staff and equipment capable of caring for 150 children. FANA is also able to offer prenatal and delivery services to any birth mother in need. Any child who is placed for adoption is cared for in a new born intensive care facility under the supervision of full-time physicians and medical personnel." | ||
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* [http://www.profamilia.org.co/ Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia)]: "Profamilia operates sixty-six clinics and mobile health units in Colombia, accounting for nearly three-quarters of the country’s family planning capacity. It works to ensure poor people living in urban and rural communities are able to receive high-quality sexual and reproductive health services, including contraception, gynecological exams, pregnancy and STI testing, abortion, and cervical and breast cancer screenings. In 2015, Profamila provided more than three million services." Address: Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana, Calle 34 #14-52, Bogotá, D.C. Colombia. P: (57-1) 339-0900 | * [http://www.profamilia.org.co/ Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia)]: "Profamilia operates sixty-six clinics and mobile health units in Colombia, accounting for nearly three-quarters of the country’s family planning capacity. It works to ensure poor people living in urban and rural communities are able to receive high-quality sexual and reproductive health services, including contraception, gynecological exams, pregnancy and STI testing, abortion, and cervical and breast cancer screenings. In 2015, Profamila provided more than three million services." Address: Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana, Calle 34 #14-52, Bogotá, D.C. Colombia. P: (57-1) 339-0900 | ||
* [http://www.casmujer.com/ Casa de la Mujer]: "We are a feminist organization, legally constituted as a non-profit entity. We were born in 1982, in a country at war and in the midst of critical cases of violence against women that were not registered by official sources or recognized as a violation of their rights. After 35 years, we are assuming one of the most important challenges for the country: the construction of peace with social justice and with the active and equal participation of women. " Address: Corporación Casa de la Mujer, Carrera 35 # 53a - 86, Bogotá - Colombia. Telephones: (57 1) 221 8785 Fax (57 1) 222 9170. Email: coordinacion@casmujer.com. | * [http://www.casmujer.com/ Casa de la Mujer]: "We are a feminist organization, legally constituted as a non-profit entity. We were born in 1982, in a country at war and in the midst of critical cases of violence against women that were not registered by official sources or recognized as a violation of their rights. After 35 years, we are assuming one of the most important challenges for the country: the construction of peace with social justice and with the active and equal participation of women. " Address: Corporación Casa de la Mujer, Carrera 35 # 53a - 86, Bogotá - Colombia. Telephones: (57 1) 221 8785 Fax (57 1) 222 9170. Email: coordinacion@casmujer.com. | ||
* [http://www.sismamujer.org/ | * [http://www.sismamujer.org/ Sisma Mujer]: Colombian feminist organization focused on women's citizenship and human rights. We are a Colombian feminist organization that since 1998 has contributed to the consolidation of the women's movement, has worked with women victims of violence and discrimination because of being women, in private, public and armed conflict, for the expansion of their citizenship, the full validity of their human rights and the promotion of their role as transforming actors of their reality." Address: Carrera 13 No. 33 - 74, office 304. Email: infosisma@www.sismamujer.org. Phone: (+571) 285 93 19 | ||
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