Journal | RIDAO
Monographic journal issue | Genere e uguaglianza nel contesto dei diritti dell’Asia Orientale
Research Article | “Not Illegal, but not either legal”: The Grey Zone of Reproductive Rights in South Korea
“Not Illegal, but not either legal”: The Grey Zone of Reproductive Rights in South Korea
Abstract
In 2019, April 11th, South Korean Constitutional Court ruled that the ban on abortion was unconstitutional and that legislative norms needed to be amended to permit practices connected to the interruption of pregnancy. The decision decriminalized abortion since 2021, January 1st. Nevertheless, no act has been adopted to regulate women’s reproductive rights. The essay proposes to reconstruct women’s positions, and the legislation on reproductive rights during the South Korean authoritarian regime and with the return of democracy, focusing on the impact of actual constitutional justice.
Submitted: Aug. 9, 2024 | Accepted: Oct. 10, 2024 | Published Dec. 18, 2024 | Language: en
Keywords South Korea • Women’s Rights • Abortion Ban • Reproductive Rights • Constitutional Court
Copyright © 2024 Laura Alessandra Nocera. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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