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Four people arrested for illegally selling abortion drugs from China
Disguised as an FDA approved product, sold to over 300 people.
Confirmed cases of side effects like police and excessive bleeding.
Distribution abroad of abortion medications through prescriptions of doctors … Domestic “illegal”
A police officer caught an abortion drug from China and illegally distributed it to the police.
While illegal sales of abortion medications are on the rise, the amendment to related laws that must be made by the end of this year after the constitutional abortion decision is unsatisfactory.
Reporter Lee Sang-gon.
[기자]The zippered bag contains pills.
This is a ‘Mipjin’ medical abortion drug, which is banned in Korea.
Four people, including Mr. A, 34, were arrested by the police while selling the drug online.
They fooled a Chinese abortion medication into a product approved by the US FDA. USA And they sold it to more than 300 people who wanted to stop getting pregnant.
Although he had no pharmaceutical experience, he was guided by how to take it and kept 130 million won for 5 months.
Police say they have found cases of women taking the drug complaining of side effects, such as excessive bleeding.
The abortion drug ‘mipjin’ can be purchased legally through prescription drugs in the United States and abroad, but distribution in Korea is illegal because it has not been approved by the Korean Food and Drug Administration.
[송수연 / 충남대학교병원 산부인과 교수 : 아직 국내에서는 허가가 나 있지 않아서 구매하실 수 없는 약물입니다. 해외 여러 나라에서 허가돼 있지만, 과다출혈 등 여러 가지 부작용 때문에 의사의 처방이 있어야 구매할 수 있는 약물입니다.]However, sites that sell abortion pills can easily be found on the Internet.
In fact, I contacted them directly and they sent me the counseling records of the people who took them to promote the medicine’s effectiveness.
Last year, the number of illegal abortion drugs captured was 2,300, a 12-fold increase from three years ago.
The women’s group insisted that the illegal trade in abortion drugs took place one year after the constitutional award for abortion ended.
[박이경수 / 대전여민회 사무국장 : 국가가 여성의 건강과 재생산권에 관심이 없고 무책임했다는 증거입니다. 이제라도 유산 유도제를 도입해서 의료인들에게도 교육하고 필요한 여성에게 처방될 수 있게 해야 합니다.]The Constitutional Court’s decision requires the National Assembly to review the provisions of the abortion law by the end of this year.
But despite the lack of discussion, the sale of dangerous illegal abortions has not been eradicated.
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