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The reproductive rights of women promise to see again on the last day of the criminal law ‘crime of abortion’
On the 31st, the Basic Income Party appears in the National Assembly to overturn the abortion clause in the criminal law. (From left to right) Shin Min-ju, Special Chairperson for Gender Policy of the Basic Income Party, Shin Ji-hye, candidate for mayor of Seoul, and Yong Hye-in, member of Congress. Provided by basic income
▶Shortcuts : <한겨레> Special page ‘Abolition of the crime of abortion’ http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/delete “We will establish a public hospital for women in Seoul. We will create the first regional organization that guarantees the right of women to health in public medicine ”. “Mipjin miscarriage inducer and post-mortem contraceptives will always be provided in 25 public health centers in Seoul.” Candidate Ji-hye Shin (permanent representative of the Basic Income Party), who ran for mayoral elections in April next year, reaffirmed these two promises at a press conference held on the last day of the `clause of the` “ crime of abortion ” of criminal law. On the 31st, the Basic Income Party held a press conference in the Decision Hall of the National Assembly and proposed to “take a new step” for the Republic of Korea without the ‘crime of abortion’ that will begin in 2021. They attended Representative Yong Hye-in (Proportional Representative of the Basic Income Party), Permanent Representative Shin Ji-hye (Candidate for Mayor of Seoul) and the Special Shin Democratic Party Special Committee on Gender Policy. Representative Yong Hye-in in the 18th week of pregnancy, who revealed her pregnancy in October, told this meeting, “Pregnancy brings more changes than expected in a woman’s body and life. However, women have been forced to terminate pregnancy only as personal experiences without having the right to decide ”. Representative Yong said: “It should be different than 2021. Starting tomorrow we will live in a world without abortions. “Let’s make it the first day to create a Republic of Korea that can safely stop artificial pregnancy.” On December 8, Shin Ji-hye, who registered as a preliminary candidate for mayor of Seoul, re-emphasized two promises for gender equality in Seoul. He is planning to create a Seoul where public health centers can receive mipjin and a public hospital for women’s health. The National Assembly is currently deliberating on the revised Maternal and Child Health Bill, which includes the introduction of the miscarriage-inducing drug, Mipjin, and the contraceptive pill can only be accessed by obtaining a prescription from the obstetrician and gynecologist. . In addition, on the 28th, the Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology announced that it would suspend the pregnancy only for less than 10 weeks of pregnancy, and said that it would open a hotline to prevent women from harming their health due to distant access to services. doctors. Representative Shin noted, “Today is a historic day when the validity period for ‘abortion offenses’ expires after 67 years, but neither the government nor the local governments have prepared anything.” Three government ministries related to pregnancy abortion, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Ministry of Justice, requested a rapid response. Representative Shin said: “The Minister of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family were recently replaced, and the Ministry of Justice announced a candidate yesterday, but at the National Assembly staff hearing, he was only asked to the Minister of Gender Equality and Family a position to abolish the ‘crime of abortion’. After the abolition of the ‘crime of abortion’, it should apply for the legislative task and ask the candidate Park Bum-gye of Minister of Justice Park Bum-gye to reveal his firm position on the abolition of the ‘crime of abortion’. Protecting women’s human rights is as important as reforming the prosecution. “On the other hand, the news of the approval of the Argentine Senate law to legalize the suspension of pregnancy on the 29th was actively shared on S&S and other online sites , and the opinions that cheered on the 31st, the last day of Korea’s ‘abortion’, erupted in various places. In September 2017, 23 organizations came together and formed the ‘Joint Abortion Crime for All’ (Abortion), which shared the joy of the decriminalization of the suspension of pregnancy after three years of campaign to abolish abortion with citizens in front of the National Assembly. In front of the National Assembly on the morning of the 31st. Around 10 activists shouted: “No we are a child-bearing machine “,” We will never go back to the age of punishment “and” We will fight to maintain a new ethic. “” I need retraining in the medical field, “said the Yul activist, who acts as a representative tante in the medical field. He noted: “I wonder if the medical community and government departments are ready or not.” Father Zacao (Christian Achievement Reproduction Forum), who spoke as a representative of the religious world, said: “Korean society no longer asks foolish questions in the name of religion. I hope you ask how you would welcome the women of this land. “Monk-pung plans to open a group messaging chat room that anyone can log into at 11pm tonight and have a ‘countdown party’ at New Year’s line with no ‘abortion crimes’ By Kim Mi-hyang, Staff Reporter [email protected]
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