Anti-Abortion Campaign Ignores Doctors' Plight
By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter
Wrestling with a chronically low birth rate, the government has begun to tighten its control on illegal abortions. A set of initiatives includes better services for pregnant women and tougher crackdowns on offenders, particularly doctors. A 38-year-old obstetrician recently closed her clinic in Seoul due to snowballing debts. Her consistent refusal to conduct illegal abortions for the past two years was mainly responsible for the closure, she explained.
When she opened the clinic in 2007, she didn't expect her no-abortion policy to affect the bottom line as much as it did.
"Frankly, abortions are very profitable," she said. "Doctors can earn hundreds of dollars, mostly in cash, in one or two hours by conducting an illegal abortion, while other, legal treatments for pregnant women take longer, but are less profitable. That's why many obstetricians running private clinics conduct the illegal act despite the risk of being punished."
According to a study by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2005, a total of 342,433 abortions were conducted nationwide, while 435,031 babies were born in the same year.
But activists call these numbers the tip of the iceberg, estimating that the actual number is around 1.5 to 2 million each year. Despite the penalties, another study in 2005 found that nearly 80 percent of clinics here conducted abortions illegally.
"Abortions are a great temptation to profit-conscious doctors," said Choi Ahn-na, a spokesperson for a group of obstetricians against abortion. "This is apparently an act against morality as a medical doctor but that's the reality."
More than 680 members of Choi's group recently joined the campaign, stressing doctors' original duty of protecting human life and their desire to help Korea move away from what they called its long-standing stigma as a "paradise of abortions."
Again, this is from Dec. 2, 2009. We now know that recently clinics have raised their prices from 300,000 Won ($300 dollars approx.) to 1,000,000 won ($1,000 dollars approx.) and some large hospital are charging "legal coverage" for THE PROCEDURE at 2,000,000 WON!
The Korean War Baby wonders where is the government's collective MIND? Why do they allow such "scalping"?
Imagine those who are poor, faced with double and triple the cost to get a PROCEDURE that actually costs about $50 dollars and a doctors visit.
Staff Reporter
Wrestling with a chronically low birth rate, the government has begun to tighten its control on illegal abortions. A set of initiatives includes better services for pregnant women and tougher crackdowns on offenders, particularly doctors. A 38-year-old obstetrician recently closed her clinic in Seoul due to snowballing debts. Her consistent refusal to conduct illegal abortions for the past two years was mainly responsible for the closure, she explained.
When she opened the clinic in 2007, she didn't expect her no-abortion policy to affect the bottom line as much as it did.
"Frankly, abortions are very profitable," she said. "Doctors can earn hundreds of dollars, mostly in cash, in one or two hours by conducting an illegal abortion, while other, legal treatments for pregnant women take longer, but are less profitable. That's why many obstetricians running private clinics conduct the illegal act despite the risk of being punished."
According to a study by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2005, a total of 342,433 abortions were conducted nationwide, while 435,031 babies were born in the same year.
But activists call these numbers the tip of the iceberg, estimating that the actual number is around 1.5 to 2 million each year. Despite the penalties, another study in 2005 found that nearly 80 percent of clinics here conducted abortions illegally.
"Abortions are a great temptation to profit-conscious doctors," said Choi Ahn-na, a spokesperson for a group of obstetricians against abortion. "This is apparently an act against morality as a medical doctor but that's the reality."
More than 680 members of Choi's group recently joined the campaign, stressing doctors' original duty of protecting human life and their desire to help Korea move away from what they called its long-standing stigma as a "paradise of abortions."
Again, this is from Dec. 2, 2009. We now know that recently clinics have raised their prices from 300,000 Won ($300 dollars approx.) to 1,000,000 won ($1,000 dollars approx.) and some large hospital are charging "legal coverage" for THE PROCEDURE at 2,000,000 WON!
Imagine those who are poor, faced with double and triple the cost to get a PROCEDURE that actually costs about $50 dollars and a doctors visit.
Shocking? Taking advantage of the weak and poor?Raising the cost from 300% to 600%! Profiteering, out right robbery, and NO one SEES this?
"I see nothing, don't see a thing!!"
Here are the Inconvenient Truths
For Emergency Contraception up to 72 hours (3 days) after unprotected sex (no Birth Control or Condoms) Plan B is also called the Morning After Pill. Used to get rid of Unintended Pregnancy is Only 20-70 dollars. Available in Korea only after a Doctor's visit at clinics everywhere and a prescription easily gotten even by foreign guests, because no method of birth control is fool proof 100% :
"Norlevo is a one step tablet that contains the active ingredient levonorgestrel, which is a synthetic derivative of the naturally occurring female sex hormone, progesterone.
It is not fully understood how this medicine prevents pregnancy. It is thought to work by preventing ovulation and fertilisation and also by altering the lining of the womb, depending on which stage of the menstrual cycle the woman is at. Levonorgestrel is also thought to alter the lining of the womb, preventing it from being prepared for a fertilised egg. This means that if an egg is released from the ovaries and is fertilised, it cannot implant into the womb and therefore pregnancy is avoided.
The whole process from fertilisation to implantation in the womb can take up to three days, so the morning after pill can only stop a pregnancy for up to 72 hours after unprotected sex. The sooner it is taken after unprotected sex, the more effective it will be."
It is not fully understood how this medicine prevents pregnancy. It is thought to work by preventing ovulation and fertilisation and also by altering the lining of the womb, depending on which stage of the menstrual cycle the woman is at. Levonorgestrel is also thought to alter the lining of the womb, preventing it from being prepared for a fertilised egg. This means that if an egg is released from the ovaries and is fertilised, it cannot implant into the womb and therefore pregnancy is avoided.
The whole process from fertilisation to implantation in the womb can take up to three days, so the morning after pill can only stop a pregnancy for up to 72 hours after unprotected sex. The sooner it is taken after unprotected sex, the more effective it will be."
If one could NOT get to a clinic in 3-5 days then the next step is also available:
Abortion Pill
Planned Parenthood.org Abortion Pill
The abortion pill is a medicine that ends an early pregnancy. In general, it can be used up to 63 days — 9 weeks — after the first day of a woman's last period. Women who need an abortion and are more than 9 weeks pregnant can have an in-clinic abortion.
The name for "the abortion pill" is mifepristone. It was called RU-486 when it was being developed in France. Yes, it can be ordered here in Korea.
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What Are the Kinds of In-Clinic Abortion?
In-clinic-abortion-procedures
There is more than one kind of in-clinic abortion procedure. The most common is called aspiration. It is also known as vacuum aspiration. Aspiration is usually used up to 16 weeks after a woman’s last period.
D&E — dilation and evacuation — is another kind of in-clinic abortion. D&E is usually performed later than 16 weeks after a woman's last period.
The Korean War Baby predicted last year Dec. 21 gender-imbalance-to-reach-crisis-point
The Korean War Baby predicted last year Dec. 21 gender-imbalance-to-reach-crisis-point
"The KWB notes that “the proper age for marriage” has gone up and poor single women are being blamed for few births. Many factors are indeed involved causing the government’s policies to reverse course. Watch for ‘drastic measures’ to be announced soon by the Korean authorities! Laws must be made to Force women to get married and have more babies! Maybe enforcing laws on abortion might help? The KWB just shakes his head in dismay!"
THERE IT IS!! The Government Policy will definitely produce more Babies to be born this year...How many will be Kept by the Mothers? How many will be Given up for CIVIL, Domestic, then InterCountry Adoptions? The KWB predicts the numbers will go up at least 30% so based on 2007 MOHWFA figures of 7774 babies born alive with Unwed Mothers, Hmmm, the numbers for 2010 might reach or go over 10,000 by the end of the year.
Maybe the Government might move to provide more facilities and support for both Unwed mothers and Single divorced mothers. Yes, birthrate should go up with those who are too poor and cannot afford the SOARING PRICES.
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