ACDI, Bogotá, ISSN: 2027-1131/ISSNe: 2145-4493, Vol. 15, pp. 1-43, 2022 1 Forced Migration and Reproductive Rights: Pregnant Women Fleeing Venezuela Received: May 31, 2020 Approved: March 4, 2021 Doi: https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/acdi/a.9188 Cindy Hawkins Rada * Abstract: Numerous pregnant Venezuelan women have fled Venezuela. To some of them, the health system crisis has increased risk to their lives and their children. Thousands of women have arrived in Colombia in search of reproductive health care. Notwithstanding Colombia’s govern- ment efforts to provide some relief measures to the massive influx of Venezuelan migrants, pregnant women are not receiving the prenatal and postnatal care they need. One of the primary barriers to health care access is their immigration status and the health system structure regarding migrants. Considering the major debates related to migrants’ and refugees’ access to health care —such as public health issues and the “magnet,” “free rider,” and health care costs concerns— this paper stud- ies Colombia’s international human rights obligations concerning their immigration status and the right to reproductive health. The research * Abogada de la Universidad del Norte, Especialista en Derecho de los Negocios de la Universidad Externado de Colombia y LL .M. Transnational, International, and Comparative Law de University of Georgia. Becaría Fulbright para Líderes Afrode- scendientes, cohorte 2019. Email: [email protected] ORCID: http://orcid. org/0000-0003-3500-6827 How to cite this article: Hawkins Rada, Cindy. Forced Migration and Reproductive Rights: Pregnant Women Fleeing Venezuela. Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional (ACDI) 15, (2022), 1-43. [Publi- cación electrónica previa a la impresión] https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/acdi/a.9188
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