A government agency said Thursday that abortions rose by a small margin the year after a ruling in 2019 that a ban on abortion is unconstitutional, but an overall decline appears to be continuing. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted an online survey of 8,500 women aged 15 to 49 years old from Nov. 19 to Dec. 6 last year and found 7.1 percent saying they have had an abortion. Among 3,519 women who have been pregnant, about 1 in 6, or 17.2 percent, said they have had an abortion.