<Anchor> The



government has decided to greatly expand the concept of family in accordance with the changing aspects of our society.

It means that people who live together without getting married or foster families are legally recognized as family members.

In addition, a plan is being promoted so that the couple can discuss the birth report and use the mother's last name in the child's name.



Today (27th), reporter Deok-Hyun Kim delivers the basic plan for a healthy family and its main contents.



<Reporter> The



current Framework Act on Healthy Families stipulates family members only when marriage, blood ties, and adoption are made.



The core of the government plan is to expand the concept of a family to the object of living and living together.



This may include unmarried domestic partners, roommates, and foster families due to child abuse.




[Jung Young-ae/Minister of Gender Equality and Family: Even if 7 out of 10 citizens are not married or related, if they share livelihoods and housing, they agree that they are family members, and social consensus about the diverse family composition is increasing...

.]



Like broadcaster Sayuri, even if they have children through sperm donation by themselves, we decided to consider the support plan after sufficiently discussing legal and ethical issues.



[Young-ae Jung/Minister of Gender Equality and Family: Unmarried birth can be discussed in terms of respecting the right to self-determination or expanding family diversity for non-married births, but it is a matter that involves various issues…

.] We



plan to eliminate the'parental priority' that unconditionally follows the father's last name for the names of children.



Instead, according to the principle of'marriage agreement', the last name of the child will be decided not only when registering marriage but also when registering birth.




The story is to allow the couple to follow the mother's last name if they wish.



The term for birth notification, which was classified as'married child' and'out-of-marriage child', has also been unified as'children', and the laws have been amended so that unmarried fathers can report the birth of their children even without the cooperation of their mother.



(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Kim Jong-woo) 



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