South Korea's constitutional court is expected to rule on the legality of abortions today. Although abortion is commonplace in South Korea, the issue remains a thorny one due to its conservative society. – EPA pic, April 11, 2019.
SOUTH Korea’s constitutional court is to rule today on the legality of a decades-old abortion ban that campaigners say endangers women, in what could be a historic decision. The South is one of the few industrialised nations where the procedure is illegal except for instances of rape, incest and when the mother’s health is at risk.
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