The Barriers of the Fundamental Right to Healthcare Access of the Pregnant Woman Detained in Colombia in a Law Perspective

Abstract

Colombia is a Social State of Law which has adopted agreements and conventions that promote the human right protection, including the fundamental right of healthcare. Also, women’s rights are a priority to the Organization of American States, in which Colombia actively participates. Contrary to this, the right of healthcare for imprisoned pregnant women in Colombia is hardly treated as fundamental, making women face administrative, logistical, interpretative and normative barriers. Such obstacles must be eliminated in order to achieve the full exercise of the right of healthcare in this group, considered as vulnerable.