Disclaimer. I regret to report that I no longer espouse the argument hereunder set forth, if one could call it that. I wrote this long rant at night after a drunk conversation with a friend. I re-read it the day after, thought it through, and concluded that the argument does not work structurally, and the… Continue reading

In April 2019, Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled that the provisions of the Criminal Act and the Mother and Child Health Act — which criminalized abortion without regard to gestational age — unconstitutionally infringed upon pregnant women’s rights to self-determination. At the time, I expressed my support for the decision, framing the central issue as “a… Continue reading