After the decision of the Constitutional Court, amendments to the Criminal Act and the Mother and Child Health Act were proposed several times in the 21st National Assembly, but there is a sharp difference of opinion on each issue. Due to the failure to reach a social consensus in a situation where different demands and criticisms from all different groups continue, amendments to abortion and artificial abortion are all pending in the National Assembly as of the end of 2022. The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women recommended the Korean government to decriminalize abortion and provide services to manage complications from unsafe abortion (2011),103) and called for a review of policies related to women's sexual and reproductive health (2018),104) even before the abolition of the crime of abortion in Korea. The NHRCK also mentioned the right to safe termination of pregnancy is threatened due to a legislative vacuum in the 4th National Human Rights Policy Framework Plan (2023-2027) in July 2022, and it included the need for the government to take necessary measures for safe termination of pregnancy. B) Conflicting Opinions Over Legislation for the Crime of Abortion and Legal and Institutional Vacuum While the crime of abortion under the Criminal Act has been determined to be unconstitutional and has lost its effect, the issue surrounding the substance of the alternative legislation is how to determine the period and reason for abortion or termination of pregnancy. The government draft105) submitted by the Ministry of Justice to the National Assembly in November 2020 states that abortion is fully permitted until the 14th week of pregnancy, and allowed between 15th~24th weeks only for social and economic reasons. On the other hand, some of the ruling party lawmakers have proposed a bill to allow abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy and extend abortions for social and economic reasons to 10 to 20 weeks,106) and some members of the opposition party have proposed an amendment to the 103) Final opinion of the committee on the elimination of discrimination against women on the 7th report of Korea (2011) 104) Final opinion of the committee on the elimination of discrimination against women on the 8th report of Korea (2018) 105) Draft submitted by the government, Bill No. 2105733, Nov. 25, 2020. 106) Co-sponsored by Rep. Cho, Hae-jin and 16 others, Bill No. 2105295, Nov. 13, 2020. 42