Experience of abortion for 3 years until last year, more than before↓
Alternative legislation urgently needed to protect women’s right to health
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A recent survey on women’s abortions and abortions has come out.
Overall, the abortion rate decreased, but the proportion of singles increased and the average age decreased.
Correspondent Lee Hyung-won.
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For three years until last year, it was found that the rate of abortion and abortion among women decreased compared to the previous year.
These are the results of the ‘Actual Abortion Survey’ conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs at the request of the Ministry of Health and Welfare last year.
Reflecting the increase in the average age of pregnancy and childbirth, 8,500 women aged 15 to 49 were surveyed, and 606 of them were found to have experienced abortion.
Most of the pregnancy was aborted at the 6th week, citing social difficulties or economic difficulties as reasons.
In the previous survey in 2018, 10,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44 were targeted, so we cut them down to the same age range and compared them.
In this survey, there were 365 people who experienced abortion in this age group, accounting for 15.5% of women who had experienced pregnancy, a decrease of more than 4%p compared to the 2018 survey.
[변수정 / 한국보건사회연구원 연구위원 : 전반적인 인공임신중절 지속 감소의 원인으로는 첫 번째 피임 인지율 및 실천율의 증가를 꼽을 수 있겠고요. 만 15세에서 44세 여성의 인구에 대한 지속적인 감소, 그것들을 고려해볼 수 있습니다.]
The average age at the time of abortion was 27, which was lower than in the 2018 survey.
The proportion of single women increased and soared by more than 17 percentage points from 2018.
Meanwhile, looking at detailed statistics, the number of abortions in 2019 and 2020 slightly increased amid the overall decline.
The researcher evaluated that the social climate, such as the Constitutional Court’s decision in 2019 on the crime of abortion inconsistent with the Constitution, may not be without influence, but various factors such as the aftermath of COVID-19 may have played a role.
[최영준 / 보건복지부 출산정책과장 : (헌법불합치 결정으로 낙태죄가 사실상) 사문화됐다고 해도 어쨌든 그때(2020년)까지는 정확히 법적인 처벌 근거가 형법상 있었기 때문에 (낙태죄 폐지된) 2021년 이후 추세를 보려면 추가적인 조사가….]
However, he pointed out that it is urgent to come up with alternative legislation as the situation in which women’s right to health is not protected is prolonged even after the abolition of the abortion law.
This is YTN Lee Hyung-won.
YTN Lee Hyung-won ([email protected])
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