In other news, pro and anti-abortion rallies
are being held in the streets of Seoul,...
with the Constitutional Court expected to
reach a final verdict on the issue in the
coming weeks.
In central Seoul, some 60 pro-choice activist
groups have been rallying since Saturday afternoon,...
demanding that women should be given the right
to end their pregnancies for socio-economic
reasons.
Meanwhile, just across the road,... some 40
pro-life groups have held opposition protests...
against the legalization of abortion.
Under the current law,... a woman who gets
an abortion in Korea can be sentenced to one-year
in jail... or a fine of some 18-hundred U.S.
dollars.
