Editing Civil union (section)

===Colombia===
{{Main|Same-sex marriage in Colombia}}
In 2007, [[Colombia]] came close to passing a law granting legal recognition to same-sex couples, but the bill failed on final passage in one house of the national legislature. However, a court decision in October 2007 extended social security and health insurance rights to same-sex couples.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-5666.html |title=Colombian court rules in favour of equal rights for gay couples |date=6 October 2007 |access-date=21 August 2019 |newspaper=[[Pink News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704214811/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-5666.html |archive-date=4 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On January 29, 2009, the Constitutional Court ruled that cohabitating same-sex couples must be given all rights offered to unmarried heterosexual couples,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-10938.html |title=Colombian court confirms equal rights for same-sex couples |first=Tony |last=Grew |date=29 January 2009 |access-date=21 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303154858/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-10938.html |archive-date=3 March 2009 |newspaper=[[Pink News]] |url-status=live }}</ref> making Colombia the first Latin American country to fully grant this right to all its citizens. Couples can claim these rights after living together for two years. Colombia has since approved same-sex marriage.