that "even if [the government doesn't] intend to hold anyone accountable for all ... illegal abortions in the past, [they] must crack down on them from now on." Similarly, Rep. Chang Yoon-seok, of the Grand National Party, stated that "[t]he most important thing will be for the doctors to understand that abortion is a serious crime." In January 2010, President Lee Myung-bak decided it was "time to start the debate" on revising the Mother and Child Health Law and scheduled public hearings. This, along with shifting public opinion, encouraged the government to commence a public relations campaign to discourage abortions, which included subway posters that read: "With abortion, you are aborting the future." The topic of abortion was never discussed as a human rights issue in South Korea. The National Human Rights Commission (TNHRC), a national advocacy institution for human rights since its founding in 2002, noted that the issue of abortion was a "controversial issue in the 'Right to Life' section of its 2007 National Action Plan." Aside from TNHRC, major non-governmental human rights advocacy groups, like Minbyun–Lawyers for a Democratic Society and People's Society for Participatory Democracy, have ignored the issue. Obstetricians later emerged as a powerful voice for anti-abortion sentiment in Korea as a product of ethical and moral concerns. Much of the ensuing debate has focused on whether the government should crack down on illegal abortions, and whether the law should be modified. In September 2017, campaigners filed a petition on the website of Moon Jae-in, the President of South Korea, calling on the government to amend the law by permitting the sale of the abortion pill mifepristone. The petition was signed by more than 235,000 people. In November 2017, the office of the president announced in response that the government would review the abortion law. In late 2018, a poll released by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs revealed that 75% of women aged 15 to 44 thought of abortion law as unfair and wanted it to be revised. Among the respondents, 20% of women stated that they had obtained an abortion even though it was illegal. Constitutional Court ruling decriminalizing abortion (April 11, 2019) In 2018, the Constitutional Court heard a case which challenged the constitutionality of the abortion law. The court's ruling was delayed until court vacancies were filled. On April 11, 2019, seven out of nine judges in the Constitutional