Gyeonggi-do Crisis Pregnant Women Safety Counseling Hotline Achieves Great Success... Active Support for Single Mothers and Others

'Crisis Pregnant Women Safety Consultation Hotline' operated by Gyeonggi-do

Pregnant women are flocking to the counseling hotline established by Gyeonggi Province in October last year.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 10th that since the launch of the "Crisis Pregnant Women Counseling Hotline (010-4257-7722)"?which provides 24-hour counseling for pregnant women in crisis such as unmarried mothers struggling with unexpected pregnancy and childbirth?a total of 63 people have received counseling from October 13 last year to January 8 this year.

One notable case involved a teenage unmarried mother, Ms. A, who, after discovering her pregnancy, was unable to inform her parents and searched for solutions online before calling the Gyeonggi Province counseling hotline. As a result of the counseling, Ms. A was close to giving birth and had already decided on adoption. Gyeonggi Province helped her give birth safely by providing psychological stability, care (including lodging and meals), accompaniment to the hospital, and childbirth support. Additionally, continuous conversations were held with Ms. A and her parents to support direct parenting and family reunification. With Gyeonggi Province's support, Ms. A decided to raise her child herself and continue her life with the baby.

Among the 63 people who used the counseling hotline, including Ms. A, there were cases of women experiencing emotional instability due to concerns about abortion and childbirth, as well as foreign women staying illegally who gave birth after counseling.

Through the hotline, Gyeonggi Province provides support such as ▲ pregnancy and childbirth medical expenses (prenatal and postnatal tests and delivery costs), ▲ psychological and emotional treatment support, ▲ newborn care supplies and health management, ▲ childcare services and protection (housing) support, ▲ legal assistance, ▲ educational support (alternative schools), and ▲ child protection systems if direct parenting is unavoidable.

Ahn Seung-man, Director of the Family and Multicultural Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "Pregnant women in crisis who cannot tell their families or anyone around them about their pregnancy are gathering courage to seek help through the hotline and are coming out into the world. Gyeonggi Province will thoroughly manage follow-up care to ensure that not a single pregnant woman in crisis is left behind and that they can become independent."

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