In order to prevent the tragedy of the so-called "shadow child" who has not been registered for birth, a protective birth system has been implemented anonymously since July to give birth to children in hospitals, but critics point out that blind spots remain.
[Fact-tracking] According to the report, 13 babies were left to a baby box operated by a church in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, for two months from July, up two from the same period a year ago before the implementation of the protective birth system.
Analysts say that the size of the decline in the aftermath of the government's massive investigation of undeclared children after the "Suwon Refrigerator Infant Body" case was known last year has returned to an upward trend.
Citing statistics that four out of 29 pregnant women in crisis who chose to give birth to protection in the two months after the system was implemented, experts argued that support should be strengthened to raise children directly.
He also stressed the need to think and come up with institutional supplementary measures to dispel controversy over the side effects of the protective fertility system, such as the possibility of being abused as a legal means of abandonment of children and concerns about limiting children's right to know.
The YTN investigative report program [Fact Tracking], which airs tonight (30th), focuses on the reality of shadowy children repeated even after the implementation of the protective birth system, such as the 'Sejong Reservoir Infant Body Case', and seeks solutions to break the cycle of tragedy.
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