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The government opposes lines that allow abortion up to 14 weeks of pregnancy
In addition, the opinion of “Please propose laws to hold men and women accountable.”
The Joint Action to Abolish Abortion Crimes for All Officials is holding a rehearsal ahead of a press conference on 28 last month in front of the Sejong Center for the Abolition of ‘Abortion Crimes’ in Jongno-gu, Seoul. . Yunhap news
The controversy is spreading through the world of women when the government announced a legislative amendment to the law that allows abortions (artificial abortion) up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, maintaining the current crime of abortion.
The Ministry of Justice announces a legislative amendment to the Criminal Law and the Maternal and Child Health Law, which establishes the period for abortion on the 7th day in 14 weeks of pregnancy. In April last year, the Constitutional Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion regardless of the length of the pregnancy.
The main point of the government’s legislative proposal is that it does not punish termination of pregnancy only up to the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. Until the 24th week of pregnancy, the conditions were established for an abortion to be possible if there were specific reasons such as sexual crimes.
In this regard, there has been a backlash online that says that no abortion should be punished with the right to national punishment, saying that it excessively violates women’s self-determination rights.
A petition on the abolition of the crimes of abortion posted on the website of the National Assembly’s petition for consent. Screenshot of the home page of the national consent request
On the 5th the consent petition of the National Assembly was published on the 5th, entitled “Petition for the abolition of the crimes of abortion and guarantee of the reproductive rights of women.” The petitioner said that “the crime of abortion threatens not only the physical sovereignty of the woman, but also the right to health and it persecutes her economically,” said the petitioner. “The National Assembly completely abolished the crime of abortion without limiting the number of weeks and laid the basic legal foundations to guarantee the reproductive rights of women. It must be prepared.”
The petitioner also criticized the government, saying: “The Constitutional Court ruled the abortion clause a constitutional inconsistency and set December 31, 2020 as the deadline for the revision of the law, but the government is only proceeding with discussions over weeks senseless pregnancy “. The petition registered 24,000 consents at 7 am on the 7th. If 100,000 people agree by the 4th of next month, it is delivered to the permanent committee under the jurisdiction of the National Assembly for review.
Recently, a petition was posted on the Blue House National Petition website calling for the abolition of the crime of abortion. One petitioner said: “Women cannot be respected as human beings, as long as there is a legal system that oppresses women, including abortions created under the outdated thinking that ‘women are machines that give birth,” he said. The right to self-determination must apply equally to all. He insisted.
On the social media service (SNS), there were also hashtag campaigns demanding the abolition of abortion crimes, such as ‘complete abolition of abortion crimes’ and ‘the woman’s body belongs to the woman’. “Why do men have the right to self-determination for women?” (662 ****) “Is it imperative to force those who cannot afford the economy and society to give birth because of the right to life of the fetus?” (Kim * **) followed by criticism from netizens.
However, some argued that standards should be set so that men and women can be equally responsible for abortion. “Women are not alone. The punishment must be equal to that of men and women” (god ****) “Men must also have laws to be responsible” (bab ****).
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