Mónica Roa: legal champion of abortion rights
When, in 2012, somebody shot at Mónica Roa through the toughened-glass windows of her office in Bogota, Colombia, she escaped with glass in her hair and a story she’s keen to avoid. “There’s been so much written about the shooting”, says the Colombian human rights attorney. “It’s part of the story but it’s not all of the story, and I’m much happier with the rest of it.” 7 years earlier she had filed a constitutional lawsuit that led to the liberalisation of Colombia’s complet