SouthKorea constitutional court to rule on decades-old abortion ban
SEOUL - South Korea's constitutional court is to rule Thursday on the legality of a decades-old abortion ban that campaigners say endangers women, in what could be a historic decision.
The 1953 law is widely flouted and rarely results in prosecutions, but activists say it leaves women facing being unable to pay for terminations, unsafe procedures and social isolation. The Constitutional Court last upheld the law in 2012, saying that abortion would"end up running rampant" if not punished.But activists who want it changed sense a rare opportunity, with six of the nine current judges appointed by liberal-leaning President Moon Jae-in, and several of its members - including the chief justice - having publicly shown a willingness to reconsider the rules.
In 2017, a high school student told a rally in Seoul she had been forced to end her education after having an abortion.
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