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Abortion Medication Approved for Nine Weeks | South Korea News
The government is set to legalize abortion medication for pregnancies up to nine weeks, offering a safer, medically supervised alternative to unverified methods. Approved under review by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the two-drug regimen—mifepristone and misoprostol, first used in France in 1988—will initially be dispensed only in clinics by doctors for two years to ensure safety and proper follow-up care. This long-awaited move, spurred by a 2019 court ruling and recent presidential direction, aims to meet strict safety and efficacy standards without requiring explicit legal changes…
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