demands for prostitution facilitate human trafficking for sexual purposes, and supports prostituted women to leave the sex industry and be decriminalized while sex buyers are criminally punished. Please provide the Government’s position when many women’s organizations argue that the Government should change the policy to that of the “Nordic Model”. Issue 11: Abortion (Women’s reproductive rights) Current situation 56. According to the latest fact-finding survey conducted by the Government, the number of artificial abortion cases among women aged from 15 to 44 was 168,738 in 2010 (all the numbers are estimates as the Criminal Code prohibits abortion). The most common reason for abortion was ‘unwanted pregnancy’ (50.7 per cent). It was revealed that adequate sex education and implementation was urgently needed seeing from the answers by the respondents; 43.9 per cent of those who underwent abortion stated that they used ‘menstrual cycle method’ and 42.2 per cent of them used ‘coitus interruptus,’ also known as ‘pull-out method,’ both of which are not considered as proper contraception options. In addition, the reasons for not using contraceptives included, “I did not think I would get pregnant” (52.8 per cent) and “I knew about the options but my thoughts did not reach for the actual use” (19.7 per cent). Meanwhile, the survey showed that the majority of the respondents underwent abortion within the 12 weeks of gestation (94 per cent). 57. Two thirds of OECD member countries, 23 nations, allow artificial abortion at the request of a pregnant woman, however, the Republic of Korea does not allow abortions for the societal and economic reasons. The fact-finding survey in 2010 showed that 26.4 per cent of women with experience of abortion stated that they did so because they were unmarried, and 19.9 per cent of them stated that their economic situation was the primary reason (unstable employment status and low wages). As of June 2017, only seven nations out of 35 OECD member countries do not allow artificial abortion for the societal and economic reasons, and the Republic of Korea is one of them. 58. The number of indictment of illegal abortion is from ten to 20 cases per year. This number includes both the women and also medical practitioners who performed the procedures. 59. From 2006 to 2009, most cases ended in probation or suspended sentence, however, since 18