Reproductive Health South Korea Project #61597

SRHR Access Enhancement Project for Minorities

by SHARE, center for Sexual rigHts And Reproductive JusticeE

Project Report | May 22, 2026
Creating WikiHow-Style Guides for Abortion Support

By Na Young | representative

Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy

1. 20 WikiHow Guides for Abortion Support

This year, SHARE is creating a new series of “WikiHow-style” guides designed for people seeking or supporting abortion care. The project is currently being developed by three full-time SHARE activists and two graphic designers.

We are currently working on 20 pieces of content across two main topics, with 10 guides for each topic.

The one topic is “How to Medical Abortion”, and another one is “How to Support a Friend Who Is Having an Abortion” with a special focus on adolescents and young people.

We began this project because, although abortion is no longer criminalized in South Korea, safe abortion medication such as Mifepristone has still not been officially approved. In addition, people in socially and economically vulnerable situations — including adolescents, migrants, and refugees — continue to face serious barriers to accessing healthcare.

For adolescents in particular, many medical institutions still require parental consent or accompaniment, and it is often difficult to find safe and accurate information. As a result, adolescents continue to face significant obstacles when trying to access abortion care.

We hope these WikiHow-style guides will become practical, accessible resources for adolescents and others with limited access to healthcare, as well as for friends and community members who want to support them.

The guides on “How to Medical Abortion” include information on:

how to confirm a pregnancy,
checklists before an abortion,
how to obtain abortion medication,
how to take the medication safely,
symptoms and bodily changes after taking the medication,
recognizing emergency situations,
and post-abortion care.

The guides on “How to Support a Friend Who Is Having an Abortion” include practical advice for supporting adolescents in South Korea. Topics include:

conversations you can have with a friend considering abortion,
barriers that may arise when accompanying someone to a clinic and tips for navigating them,
ways to provide support during the abortion process,
how to respond to unexpected situations,
and emotional support and care tips.

We have already completed draft texts for all 20 guides and are now developing illustrations to make the information easier to understand and more accessible. In particular, information about medication abortion and abortion procedures will be presented using 3D visual materials to make the content more intuitive and easier to follow.

The guides will begin to be released one by one, starting in the second half of 2026.

Your support will help us provide high-quality, accessible, and practical information to adolescents, migrants, refugees, and other socially and economically vulnerable people in South Korea who continue to face barriers to safe abortion care.

(image 1) A content image of the <WikiHow for Abortion Supporters>: Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy
(image 2) A content image of the <WikiHow for Abortion Supporters>: Ways to Confirm a Pregnancy
(image 3) A content image of the <WikiHow for Abortion Supporters>: A friend reminding timing for taking pills

2. SRHR 101 graphic info card and sign language video series

Building on the <Talk & Share> program created together with SHARE, we have been producing and distributing sign language video content and graphic information materials related to SRHR.

We have now completed and released the full sign language video series, and we continue to create and update new graphic information resources.

Most recently, we created a new graphic resource focused on menstrual health. This content encourages people to understand menstruation not simply as something connected to pregnancy or reproduction, but as a process closely linked to overall bodily health through hormonal changes and cycles.

The resource also includes information on:

premenstrual syndrome (PMS),
menstrual pain,
heavy menstrual bleeding,
irregular menstruation,
and amenorrhea (absence of menstruation).

SHARE’s SRHR101 content is distributed through a variety of channels, including the SHARE website, Instagram, X, Facebook, and mailing services, helping accessible and practical SRHR information reach a wider audience.

(image 4) A content image of the graphic info titled <Menstrual Health>

Ways to Confirm a Pregnancy

A friend reminding timing for taking pills

A graphic info about <Menstrual Health>

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SRHR101 Serieis-A graphic info about

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Jan 24, 2026
Onboarding a New Team Member

By Na Young | representative/project team leader

A sample image of the <Wiki for Abortion Supporter

Onboarding a New Team Member and Launching 3D Visual Content Development

We have recently welcomed a new team member with professional experience in producing medical 3D visual content in collaboration with healthcare institutions. She also brings a strong interest in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), which aligns closely with the goals of this project.

Her participation is expected to enhance the accessibility and clarity of the "Wiki for Abortion Supporters" we are making. 3D visual content can effectively convey information that is often difficult to communicate through text or static images alone, including abortion procedures, medication abortion, and common post-abortion symptoms. And, based on her work with medical institutions, we expect she will better represent the images needed to understand various body organs and medical information.

We plan to produce 20 pieces of content, divided into basic and situational sections, to specifically address questions regarding the medical and surgical abortion processes for those undergoing abortion and their supporters.

All materials will initially be published on our blog. As the body of content grows, we plan to develop a dedicated platform to disseminate these resources in more structured and accessible formats.

Through this work, we aim to expand access to reliable, comprehensible information and better support informed decision-making around abortion care.

(image 1) A sample image of the <Wiki for Abortion Supporters> content

2. SRHR 101 graphic info card and sign language video series

Finally, we uploaded our last two sign language videos. Based on the <Talk & Share> program with SHARE, the Korean Deaf LGBT+ produced the last two sign language videos on "Termination of Pregnancy" and "Uterine Health''.

These materials are being disseminated widely through the social media channels, websites, and YouTube platforms of SHARE and the Korean Deaf LGBT+. SHARE plans to continue developing and publishing this content as an ongoing series of graphic-based informational resources, further expanding access to clear and inclusive information on this topic.

(image 4) Sign language video "Termination of Pregnancy" produced by SHARE and the Korean Deaf LGBT
(image 5) Sign language video "Uterine Health" produced by SHARE and the Korean Deaf LGBT

Sign language video "Termination of Pregnancy"

Sign language video "Uterine Health"

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Sep 26, 2025
Creating Wiki Content for Abortion Supporters

By Na Young | representative/project team leader

Team meeting for the Wiki for Abortion Supporters

Creating Wiki Content for Those Assisting with Abortions

Following a meeting with content creators to launch the SRHR101 project, SHARE decided to create a "Wiki for Abortion Supporters" as its first project.

We chose this topic as our first because we felt it was the most urgent and necessary information topic among SHARE's current activities. SHARE currently supports abortion access for adolescents, immigrants, and refugees. Through this work, we've learned that adolescents and immigrants/refugees face socioeconomic disadvantages, lack adequate legal and institutional protections for their rights, and struggle to access support from family, leaving them with a severely limited support base. Therefore, SHARE has decided to create a wiki-style, easy-to-understand, and detailed information on abortion situations to help adolescents and immigrants/refugees seeking abortions understand and support their friends and acquaintances.

This content will be divided into two parts: Basic and Situational. The Basic part will provide basic information about medical and surgical abortions. The Situational part will provide information on how to respond to specific situations, such as when you can't contact the parents of the person who needs abortion services, when you need to persuade the pregnant person's partner, or when a friend's pain is too severe, etc.

We are currently developing pilot content. We plan to release a few pilot pieces around December 2025. We will then continue to develop more specific content, including content and image elements, to enable wider sharing and use.

(image 1) Team meeting for creating the <Wiki for Abortion Supporters> content

(image 2) The aims of information accessibility for SRHR101 contents (Korean)

(image 3) The aims of information accessibility for SRHR101 contents (English)

2. SRHR 101 graphic info card and sign language video series

Two new sign language videos from the SRHR101 project have been produced and released. Based on the <Talk & Share> program with SHARE, the Korean Deaf LGBT community has produced sign language videos on ‘transitions’ and ‘menstrual health’. Future content on uterine health and abortion is also planned.

(image 4) Sign language video "Transition" produced by SHARE and Korean Deaf LGBT

(image 5) Sign language video "Menstrual Health" produced by SHARE and Korean Deaf LGBT

The aims of information accessibility for SRHR101

Sign language video "Transition"

Sign language video "Menstrual Health"

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