The ruling by South Korea’s top court clears the way for the practice to be legalized.
An anti-abortion protester stands in front of South Korea's constitutional court on Thursday with a boy bearing the sign:"I was a fetus four years ago!" Rival protesters staged rallies ahead of the court's decision on whether the law making abortion a crime is unconstitutional.
The ruling scuttles longstanding, if little enforced, criminal laws under which abortion was punishable by up to a year in prison for women who undergo the procedure, and up to two years for medical providers. Seven of nine justices found the law inconsistent with the constitution, saying it"violates a pregnant woman's independent right to choose.
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