'Abortion Drugs' to Be Officially introduced... 'Prescription and Dispensing by Medical Institutions' for the First Two Years
6 Articles
6 Articles
The government has officially announced the introduction of abortion pills seven years after the Constitutional Court ruled the abortion law unconstitutional. Safety will be reviewed through direct dispensing by medical institutions for the first two years, and prescriptions are scheduled to be permitted for pregnant women within nine weeks of pregnancy. This aims to protect women's health rights and create a safe environment for medication use.
Oral abortion pills will be permitted for pregnancies of nine weeks or less. This comes seven years after the Constitutional Court ruled the ‘crime of abortion’ unconstitutional. On the 16th, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, reported on plans to introduce oral abortion drugs at the 14th National Policy Coordination Meeting. Last July, Pr…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Jung-woo = The government is pushing for the institutionalization of abortion drugs for the first time in seven years since the Constitutional Court ruled the abortion law unconstitutional in 2019.
It is expected that women who are nine weeks pregnant or younger will be able to terminate their pregnancies using medication as early as the first quarter of next year. For the first two years following the introduction, hospitals will be responsible for both the prescription and dispensing of the abortion drug 'Mifepristone'. On the 16th, the government held a National Policy Coordination Meeting chaired by Prime Minister Han Sung-sook and an…
Won Min-kyung, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, is making an announcement regarding the formal introduction of abortion drugs at the Government Complex Seoul in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 16th.
Abortion drugs are being formally introduced seven years after the Constitutional Court ruled the abortion law unconstitutional. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety reported on plans to introduce induced abortion drugs at the "14th National Policy Coordination Meeting" held at the Government Complex Seoul on the 16th. Based on clinical trial data, the drugs were…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
