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South Korea woman and doctors guilty of murder after killing newborn baby
Two doctors received prison terms for murdering a baby after a 36-week Caesarean, while the mother got a suspended sentence amid South Korea's unclear abortion laws.
- A South Korean woman and two doctors were found guilty of murdering a newborn baby by leaving it in a freezer.
- The woman had a Caesarean section and was told the baby was healthy, but the child was killed shortly after birth.
- The case highlighted South Korea's legal vacuum around abortion after a 2019 court ruling struck down a ban.
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South Korea doctors jailed for performing abortion at 36 weeks
South Korea Central District Court jailed on Wednesday two doctors for performing an abortion on a woman who was in her 36th week of pregnancy. For the hospital director and the operating surgeon, the court held that they are both guilty of murder, sentencing them to imprisonment of six and four years respectively. According to the prosecutor, the operating surgeon performed a cesarean section to deliver the newborn and placed the baby in a free…
Newborn Baby Was Placed in Freezer, Left to Die. Now Two Men are Going to Prison
On Wednesday, a South Korean judge sentenced two men to four and six years in prison, respectively, for their roles in the death of a 36-week-old baby who was delivered by caesarian section, placed in a freezer and left to die. The mother, identified only by her surname, Kwon, received a three-year suspended jail sentence. In January, Korea’s Supreme Prosecutors’ Office sought a 10-year prison sentence for the hospital director and six-year term…
A South Korean court has convicted a woman, a doctor, and a hospital director of the murder of a newborn baby. The woman attempted to terminate her pregnancy at 36 weeks. Prosecutors allege the doctor delivered the baby live via cesarean section, and the baby was subsequently killed. The surgeon received a four-year prison sentence, and the hospital director will serve six years. The woman herself was sentenced to community service and a three-y…
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AlKhaleej TodaySouth Korea jails doctors for murdering baby delivered at 36 weeks
SEOUL, March 4 — A South Korean court jailed two doctors on Wednesday for murdering a baby they delivered at 36 weeks of pregnancy and left to die in a freezer.South Korea has decriminalised abortion but political deadlock has prevented successive governments from passing new laws to regulate the practice.The infant’s mother, surnamed Kwon, sparked public outrage in 2024 when she posted a YouTube video claiming she had undergone an abortion at 3…
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