 During the 20th National Assembly, lawmaker Kim Tae-heum (Liberty Korea Party) presented an amendment to the "National Human Rights Commission Act" that would remove the category of sexual orientation.In 2019, Liberty Korea politician Ahn Sang-soo introduced another bill to repeal the protection for sexual orientation in the "National Human Rights Commission Act" and to restrict legal recognition of gender to a biological basis.The bill was supported by 40 of the Assembly's 300 MPs, drawing criticism and protests from LGBT advocates and Amnesty International.