Lee Jae-myung urges interim administrative path to physician-guided abortion pill use amid legislative delay
By Park Su-hyeon
Published 2026.07.15
President Lee Jae-myung ordered officials to review "ways to allow use at the discretion of medical staff even before the law is revised" in connection with introducing medication abortion. Attention is on whether there will be a shift in the stance of the Ministery of Food and Drug Safety, which has delayed approval reviews on the grounds that "amendments to the Mother and Child Health Act must come first."
At the Cabinet meeting on the 14th, Lee said, "If we leave this outside the law, the government may avoid responsibility, but the public will be put at risk," adding, "If we keep arguing over how many weeks abortion should be allowed, the term could end."
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