S Korea must end abortion ban - court

The push for change comes from a burgeoning movement fighting for women's rights in South Korea. Pro-choice campaigners say the abortion ban is part of a broader bias against women in the country.

South Korea is home to a large number of evangelical Christians, however - and some want abortion to remain illegal because they say it forces women to think deeply about the decision.As the cheers of celebration rippled through the hundreds who'd gathered to fight to overturn the abortion ban, two women stood hugging. One in tears. She'd had an abortion in the past. She'd hid her decision for years, even from her close friends, because she felt ashamed.

Others in this mostly young group of women told me this landmark ruling finally made them feel that female voices were being heard in what is a deeply patriarchal society. On the other side of the road a group of pro-choice activists shouted"down with feminism". They believe this ruling will not stand and that there is a chance to fight on.

The Constitutional Court's decision has put the next step into the hands of politicians, who have until December 2020 to re-write the law. These conservative groups believe they can influence that process.

It is not YOUR BODY. It is God's body. I have not yet come across one person who has made himself or herself. The greatest gift that any human being can give is allowing another human being to enter this miraculous world.

Just when a GOP rep in one state of the US is advocating executing women who have abortions!

This generation is stupid . They have an aging population abd a declining birth rate 🤦🏾‍♂️. Anyway in 30 years watch blacks rule your place

Pro choice. But choose the condom and the contraceptive pill first If raped or had unprotected sex choose the morning after pill The most important question we have to ask ourselves is how long before the clump of cells is a human life?

They have a demographic crisis in South Korea, they already have a very low birth rate and an aging society, and I expect the crisis to likely increase even further now this court decision has been made. They need more births, more people, in South Korea, not less!

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