Seoul, South Korea, Apr 11, 2019 / 15:39 pm
South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled an abortion ban in the country to be unconstitutional, receiving mixed responses from Korean citizens.
Seven of the nine justices on the court voted to repeal the law, ordering it to be revised by 2020. Two of the justices dissented.
The law, which was established in 1953, banned abortion except in cases of rape, incest, fetal abnormalities, and serious risks to the mother's health.
Under the law, a woman who sought an abortion could face up to a year in prison or a $1,750 fine. A doctor who performed an abortion could face up to two years in prison.