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Move underway to ease abortion restrictions in South Korea

December 4, 2007
Bae Ji-sook, Korea Times

Now all eyes are on the government’s plan to reform regulations related to abortion.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare said that it will seek more realistic measures to address the growing number of abortions in the country. Starting from holding public hearings in January, the government plans to change its Mother and Child Health Law, which bans mothers from aborting their children under ordinary circumstances.

The current law allows abortion only to those who have genetic, physical or mental disease, have been raped, or are pregnant through incest, or where a mother is at serious risk.

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