4 accounted for 9.2% (1,984 cases), increasing from 4.6% (1,144 cases) in 2017, which is interpreted as a result of balloon effect by punishment against abortion. The Ministry of Health and Welfare estimated the number of abortion in 2010 to reach 170,000. 2) Questions 11. Please provide information on abortion under the Mother and Child Health Act and covert abortion. What is the government’s plan to protect the pregnant juveniles from the risk of illegal abortion? Issue 5. Policy Coordination 1) Current status 12. The government has established the Child Policy Coordination Committee and Child Policy Working Committee in order to establish comprehensive child policies and coordinate the opinion among relevant ministries (para. 9). The Child Policy Coordination Committee was convened once a year from 2014 to 2016 (Table 1-3, Annex, the 5th and 6th periodic report). The Committee recommended in the third and fourth Concluding Observations to establish an appropriate body with the necessary authority and adequate resources for child policies. 2) Questions 13. What are the roles of the Child Policy Coordination Committee and Child Policy Working Committee, and do they have necessary authority and adequate resources? Issue 6. National Plan of Action 1) Current status 14. The government has established and implemented the First Master Plan on Child Policy (2015-2019) and the Sixth Master Plan on Youth Policy (2018-2022); it also established the Third National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (2018-2022). 2) Questions 15. For the establishment of these national plans of action, what kinds of consultation have been made with civil society, in particular with children?