On 10 May 2006, the Constitutional Court put an end to an era of absolute criminalization of the body of pregnant women and persons; the Criminal Code of that time criminalized abortion in all cases; this decision marked the beginning of the end of abortion as a crime and the beginning of the recognition of abortion as a right.
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On 10 May 2006, the Constitutional Court put an end to an era of absolute criminalization of the body of pregnant women and persons; the Criminal Code of that time criminalized abortion in all cases; this decision marked the beginning of the end of abortion as a crime and the beginning of the recognition of abortion as a right.