영화를 활용한 간호대학생의 ‘낙태죄’ 폐지에 대한 의미 고찰

This study is a qualitative study to confirm the meaning of the abolition of the ‘abortion crime’ for nursing students using the movie ‘24 Weeks’. The subjects of the study were 16 first-year nursing students at K University, 11 female students and 5 male students. Data collection was conducted from April 26, 2022 to September 15, 2022. Data analysis was done by finding meaningful parts and categorizing them through Strauss and Corbin (1990)’s open coding. As a result of the study, it was possible to classify it into 3 categories and 5 subcategories. The three categories were ‘Reexamination of the meaning of bioethics’, ‘Responsibility that follows respect for the right to self-determination’, and ‘Everyone’s participation to establish a healthy sexual culture’. The five subcategories are ‘the constant internal conflict between a woman’s right to self-determination and the fetus’s right to life’, ‘expanding the framework of perception that connects me and the world’, ‘the weight of freedom and rights’, and ‘approaches for forming healthy sexual values’, ‘appeared as ‘abolition and subsequent tasks’. In conclusion, nursing students experienced the constant conflict between the right to self-determination and the right to life of the fetus through the abolition of the crime of abortion, and felt a greater sense of the weight of their rights along with careful consideration in respect for both mother and fetus. Accordingly, it is believed that interest and effort, various approaches, and system improvement in all educational, social, cultural, and legal areas are needed to establish healthy sexual values ​​and a healthy sexual culture.