S. Korea abortion debate heats up after crackdown
SEOUL — Abortion has suddenly become a hot topic in South Korea after years of near-indifference, with a group of doctors seeking a crackdown on pro-life grounds and the government eager to boost the birthrate. The procedure — officially outlawed in most cases — has for decades been widely tolerated as successive administrations sought to control population growth in the crowded nation. More than 340,000 abortions were conducted in 2005, according to the latest health ministry survey. Some 95 percent of them were illegal under a widely flouted law permitting abortions up to 24 weeks only if the mother’s health is in danger, the foetus is malformed or the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest.... MORESource: The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100312com6.html |
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