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Abortion will be abolished from the new year as the Constitutional Court ruled last year that the constitution was inconsistent.

At the time, the constitution ordered an alternative legislation within this year. In the past year and eight months, the National Assembly held a public hearing only once, but there is no movement.



Reporter Minjung Kim reports.



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People who have advocated abolishing the abortion crime stood on the street again on the 24th.



The penalties for women are repealed, but alternative legislation they have been demanding, such as safe pregnancy cessation procedures, have not yet been implemented.



[Jin-Shim Lee/Joint Action for Abortion Crime Abolition for Everyone: Will I be able to receive proper guidance when I go to the hospital, and will I be able to receive proper medical treatment? (I am concerned.)]



Two months ahead of the abortion crime abolition in October

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The government issued a bill that allowed the pregnancy to stop for up to 14 weeks, but retained the abortion penalties.



Then the women's world rebelled fiercely, and only then the politicians moved little by little.



The Democratic Party and the Justice Party have come up with a bill that will eliminate the penalties altogether and legalize drugs to stop pregnancy, while the people's power has come up with a bill that punishes women in cases of stopping pregnancy for more than 10 weeks.



However, there was no progress in the discussion as the Legislative Judiciary Committee, a standing committee under the jurisdiction of the National Assembly, was limped during the regular legislative assembly due to a massive bipartisan political battle.



[Eun-joo Lee/Representative of Justice Party: Due to the opposition party's opposition to the amendment of the Airlift Act, all opposition lawmakers have left a half-time public hearing once, and there has been no proper discussion.] The



existing abortion crime is abolished, but the medical field is confusing.



Since pregnancy cessation procedures have been illegal so far, there are many problems that the law has to stipulate, from medical institution consultation procedures to costs.



[Nayoung/CEO of the Center for Justice for Sexual Rights and Reproduction (SHARE): I think it is necessary now for the government to confirm that it should be in a situation where it can be received.]



Alternative legislation that guarantees women's right to health while gaining social consensus. The politicians in Eul should hurry even now.