Legislator Yeh Chu-lan, whose husband Cheng Nan-jung burned himself to death in the struggle to win freedom of speech, believes the Publication Law was a tool during the martial-law era for the suppression of free speech, and its scission will allow the people to enjoy genuine freedom of speech.
丈夫鄭南榕因爭取言論自由而自焚死諫的立委葉菊蘭認為，出版法是威權時代壓制言論自由的利器，廢止之後，人民將擁有真正的言論自由。