According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2024, around 71 percent of respondents stated that having an abortion because the fetus was not the gender the parents wanted was not acceptable. Overall, 22 percent supported gender selective abortion at some point during the pregnancy.
Favorability towards abortion in cases of the fetus being an undesired gender in South Korea as of March 2024, by pregnancy period
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Favorability towards abortion in cases of the fetus being an undesired gender in South Korea as of March 2024, by pregnancy period
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Hankook Research. (May 22, 2024). Favorability towards abortion in cases of the fetus being an undesired gender in South Korea as of March 2024, by pregnancy period [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484471/south-korea-abortion-due-to-fetal-gender-by-time/
Hankook Research. "Favorability towards abortion in cases of the fetus being an undesired gender in South Korea as of March 2024, by pregnancy period." Chart. May 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484471/south-korea-abortion-due-to-fetal-gender-by-time/
Hankook Research. (2024). Favorability towards abortion in cases of the fetus being an undesired gender in South Korea as of March 2024, by pregnancy period. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484471/south-korea-abortion-due-to-fetal-gender-by-time/
Hankook Research. "Favorability towards Abortion in Cases of The Fetus Being An Undesired Gender in South Korea as of March 2024, by Pregnancy Period." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484471/south-korea-abortion-due-to-fetal-gender-by-time/
Hankook Research, Favorability towards abortion in cases of the fetus being an undesired gender in South Korea as of March 2024, by pregnancy period Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484471/south-korea-abortion-due-to-fetal-gender-by-time/ (last visited January 23, 2025)
Favorability towards abortion in cases of the fetus being an undesired gender in South Korea as of March 2024, by pregnancy period [Graph], Hankook Research, May 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484471/south-korea-abortion-due-to-fetal-gender-by-time/
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