November 9, 2009
Campaign against abortion
by Lee Ji-yoon
The Korea Herald
Early this month a group of young doctors declared a war against abortion, which is illegal but rampant here.
Consisting of some 600 obstetricians in their 30s and 40s, the group tentatively named "Gynob" resolved not to comply with any abortion request that is not based on medical validity.
"Despite the huge gap between law and reality, our society has left the issue of illegal abortions long unsettled. Most abortions in Korea occur because of social and economic reasons. And all of them are illegal," they said in a statement issued on Nov. 1.
After ending their anti-abortion campaign within the year, the group plans to seek criminal proceedings from Jan. 1. Doctors here say an age-old Pandora's Box of abortion has just opened up.
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