2010, some illegal abortion cases have received imprisonment sentences for a limited term and the number of monetary penalties has increased. 60. Although the number was small, cases of male partners or his family members reporting the women for illegal abortion have emerged since 2010. According to the Korean Women Link, ten counseling cases on abortion out of twelve were about the threats of reporting in 2013. In one case, during the course of termination of common law marriage, the man wrote his consent for abortion for woman, and days later sent contents-certified mail reversed his decision. Subsequently, the woman filed a lawsuit against the man’s father to pay off the borrowed money, and the man brought charges against the woman in retaliation. The woman was sentenced to monetary penalty for illegal abortion (Uijeongbu District Court, 9.17.2014. Sentence 2013 NO 1827 ruling). Question 61. The fact-finding survey revealed that approximately 170,000 cases of abortion are reported every year, and most of them are performed in the first 12 weeks of gestation, despite the crimes of abortion being classified in the Criminal Code. Articles 269 and 270 of the Criminal Code prohibiting abortion on any grounds and punishing those involved infringe upon women’s right to selfdetermination and rather, become a threat to women’s health by preventing women from receiving proper procedures in a safe manner. Please provide measures that have been reviewed by the Government given recent demonstrations on abolition of the crimes of abortion. 19