South Korea: Decriminalize Abortion

Expand South Korean police officers stand guard in front of the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea on March 10, 2017. © 2017 Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji (Seoul) – Criminalization of abortion is incompatible with South Korea’s human rights obligations, Human Rights Watch said today in an amicus brief to the Constitutional Court of Korea. The court will hear a case on May 24, 2018, involving the country’s laws on abortion. The court should decriminalize abortion, and authorities should ensure that safe and legal abortion is accessible. South Korea’s laws provide that procuring or providing…

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