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South Korean constitutional court lifts abortion ban
SEOUL, April 11, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – South Korea’s constitutional court lifted
the country’s decades-old abortion ban in a landmark decision Thursday.
The court said criminalising women who undergo abortion and doctors that
carry out terminations was “unconstitutional” and ordered the 1953 law to be
revised by the end of next year, the Yonhap news agency reported.
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