CRIMINAL ACT (PART II INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONS) [See entire ACT]

CHAPTER XXVII THE CRIMES OF ABORTION

Article 269 (Abortion)

(1) A woman who procures her own miscarriage through the use of drugs or other means shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding two million won.
(2) The provision of paragraph (1) shall apply to a person who procures the miscarriage of a female upon her request or with her consent.
(3) A person who in consequence of the commission of the crime of the as referred to in paragraph (2), causes the injury of a woman, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years. When one causes her death in consequence of the commission of the crime as referred to in paragraph (2), he shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than seven years.

Article 270 (Abortion by Doctor, etc., Abortion without Consent)

(1) A doctor, herb doctor, midwife, pharmacist, or druggist who procures the miscarriage of a female upon her request or with her consent, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years. (2) A person who procures the miscarriage of a female without request or consent, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years.
(3) When, in consequence of his commission of the crime as referred to in paragraph (1) or (2), the female is injured, he shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years. When she dies, he shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years.
(4) In the case of the preceding three paragraphs, suspension of qualifications for not more than seven years shall be concurrently imposed.

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