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right to refuse abortion procedures according to religion
has not yet ended. In August 2021, the Korean Medical
Association (KMA) raised an opinion in Medical News
TheFirstStory,¡°Jae-hee¡±:
that it is necessary to enact legislation for refusing
ConscientiousObjectortoAbortion
abortion procedures according to the conscience of
The story unfolds from the perspective of ¡°I,¡± a male
medical personnel and delete the policy for punishment
homosexual, and the first story is an episode between
of said personnel. The institute pointed out that several
¡°I¡± and ¡°Jae-hee,¡± a straight woman. ¡°I¡± is a freshman
bills were proposed by the National Assembly along
in college and his friend Jae-hee is hardly a fish out of
with the government¡¯s legislative motion as a follow-up
wateratspendinganightwithmen.Astimepasses,they
measure following the Constitutional Court¡¯s decision,
eventuallymakeitasbestfriendsatschool.However,Jae-
but discussions on doctors¡¯ right to refuse abortion
hee, who was living a dissipated life, one day becomes
procedures have not been carried out. The KMA said
pregnant with a child and doesn¡¯t even know who his
¡°The U.S., 21 out of 28 EU member states, Switzerland
father is. She was unable to raise a child and decides to
and Norway already allow conscientious objection to
get an abortion, but fights with the doctor who preaches
abortion.¡± The institute also argued that the scope of
abouttheimportanceoflifeandthewoman¡¯sbody.¡°The
abortion rejection should be specified. They say that it
baby is already growing. Why don¡¯t you know that the
is necessary to set the scope of the denial of treatment
woman¡¯s body is such a sublime temple?¡± The doctor,
as to whether to include only direct procedures like
who Jae-hee visited for the first time, enthusiastically
surgeries,orindirectproceduressuchasabortion-related
speaksaboutthesublimityoflifeandrefusestoperform
counseling, and information provision. In addition, the
the surgery. It not only features the story of the person
institute said, ¡°It is necessary to consider enacting a
undergoing the abortion procedure, but also draws
speciallawasitisnecessarytodiscusswhethertosetup
readers¡¯ attention to the medical personnel performing
a separate procedure for refusal of treatment in advance
theabortion.
ortoexpressonlymedicalpersonnels¡¯expressionoftheir
From Jan. 1, 2021, the criminality of abortion has
intentiontorefusetoperformanabortion.¡±Untilnow,the
lost its effect in South Korea. It was legally permitted
publichasonlypaidattentiontothefetusandthemother
to guarantee the right of women to decide the life in
who carries it. However, as the subjects who directly
the body on their own. However, the debate over the
execute the abortion process are medical personnel, the
conscienceofmedicalpersonnelandinstitutionsandthe
public should pay more attention to medical personnel
andspecificlegislationisneeded.
¨Ïcatholictimes
¡°Go to the hospital in front of Sungshin Women¡¯s
University. It performs the surgery, and the service is
much better, too.¡± The nurse working in the hospital
which Jae-hee visited for the first time said to her, after
she was rejected as an abortion patient and offended.
The novel not only reveals the story of a woman at bay,
but also covers the reality that medical professionals
confront, showing the hidden aspect of abortion that the
publicisnotfamiliarwith.
¡ãAlongwiththelegalizationofabortion,therightofmedicalpersonnel
torefuseabortionmustbediscussedseriously.
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