South Korean court convicts woman, 2 doctors for baby’s death

A MOTHER and her two doctors were found guilty of killing her baby that she had just delivered in a case that gripped South Korea.

A report by BBC stated that a South Korean court handed the woman a three-year suspended jail sentence while the surgeon who operated on her and the director of the hospital were sentenced to four and six years in prison, respectively.

The woman identified by her surename Kwon is in her 20s.

The trial against her and the two doctors marked the first time that murder charges have been pressed against women seeking a late-stage termination of their pregnancy, and the doctors involved in the procedure.

According to the prosecutors, the woman wanted to terminate the pregnancy at 36 weeks. The baby was born alive through a Caesarean section and placed in a freezer until the baby died.

The woman claimed that that she did not know the procedure would be carried out that way.(MyTVCebu)

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