Standing up: Pro-life supporters rally against the lifting of the ban on abortion in front of the constitutional court in Seoul last week. - Reuters
SOUTH Korea is set to legalise abortion after a decades-long ban was struck down, but women’s rights campaigners have warned those who undergo the procedure will still be “punished in the eyes of society”.
In a landmark verdict last week, a South Korean court ruled the ban – which dates from 1953 – unconstitutional and asked the government to legalise abortion by the end of 2020.
