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new year, the crime of abortion will be abolished.

The Constitutional Court ordered the National Assembly to come up with an alternative legislation within this year so that women can safely choose to stop pregnancy, which has held only one public hearing in the past year and eight months, and no debate has been made.



Reporter Minjung Kim reports. 



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People who have claimed the abolition of abortions stood on the street again on the 24th.



Although the penalties for women are abolished, alternative legislation that they have been demanding, such as safe termination procedures, has not yet been implemented.



[Jin-Shim Lee/Joint Action to Abolish Abortion Crimes 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.)]



Last October, two months to abolish abortion

crimes.

Prior to this, the government issued a bill that allowed the pregnancy to be discontinued for up to 14 weeks, but the abortion penalties were preserved.



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 eliminates the punishment clause altogether and legalizes drugs to stop pregnancy, while the power of the people is to punish women in the case of abortion 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 due to a massive bipartisan political battle throughout the regular assembly.



[Eun-joo Lee/Representative of Justice Party: The opposition party lawmakers all left out due to opposition to the amendment of the Airlift Act, and a half-sized public hearing was held once, and there was no proper discussion.]



Five days later, the existing abortion crimes are abolished, but the medical field is only confusing. .



As the pregnancy termination procedure has been illegal so far, there are many problems that the law must stipulate, from medical institution consultation procedures to costs.



[Nayoung/CEO of the Center for Justice for Sexual Rights and Reproduction (SHARE): It seems necessary now for the government to confirm that medical professionals and women should be in a situation where they can receive and receive medical treatment without worrying about punishment.]



Politicians must hurry even now to adopt alternative legislation that can secure women's right to health and gain social consensus.



(Video coverage: Kim Hyun-sang and Ha-Ryung, video editing: Kim Jun-hee)