This is made worse when the medical care system encourages women to take hormones indiscriminately during menopause. That the overmedical care system tries to control women health more rigidity has become another health problem for women in Taiwan. Women often have to endure the terror of attacking by violence or rape place they under tremendous psychological pressure and burden. As a social security system to protect people's health, NHI is supposed to be fair and just, taking care of the people from all walks of lives, especially of those women who are economically weak. Since its implementation on March 1995, NHI has made some positive contribution to people's health.
Women are more willing to use medical system since the expenses are more affordable.
The law was formulated to support the national population policy to reduce population than to promote women's body autonomy. Married women can have abortion done if they have economical difficulty and psychological stress. However, it has to have consent of their husbands. GHL appeared to be like a moral judge to control women's access to intentional abortion. For example in case of rape, contraception failure, or abortion for non-marriage relationship, there could be no support or subsidy from the Health Care System.