SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six years after South Korea’s Constitutional Court struck down the nation’s longstanding abortion ban as unconstitutional, lawmakers have yet to pass replacement legislation—leaving women and medical professionals in a state of growing uncertainty. A new government-backed study released Tuesday by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the country’s strict abortion ban is unconstitutional, a landmark decision that signals major change in various aspects of society. The nine-justice panel made the ruling in a 7-2 vote, in response to a 2017 complaint filed by an obstetrician standing trial for performing [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 200,000 signatures have been collected for a petition filed on the official website of the Blue House to end the criminalization of abortion in South Korea. The online petition calling to put an end to the country’s criminalization of abortion has gathered strong support, becoming the second petition [...]