South Korea’s abortion reform. A model for others

Author: Janet Walsh

Human Rights Watch2019

A ruling by South Korea’s Constitutional Court in April 2019, that the country’s abortion laws were unconstitutional, effectively decriminalised abortion. The court required the National Assembly to reform the law by December 2020.

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https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/15/south-koreas-abortion-reform-model-others

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