Doctor In Korea Jailed for Killing Aborted 34-Week Old Baby who was “Crying”
This is a morbid story:
An obstetrician has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for killing a baby who “burst out crying” during abortion procedures.
Korea Times
The Seoul Central District Court on Friday convicted the doctor, 65, surnamed Yun, of killing a 34-week-old baby and suspended Yun’s medical license for three years.
“Medical staff who participated in the operation have consistently said they heard the baby crying,” a three-judge panel of the court said in a statement. “It is clear that the doctor killed the baby, who was born alive.”
You can read more at the link, but this got me thinking what happens in a similar situation in the U.S. From FactCheck.org I found out that a similar situation in the U.S. would be prosecutable. However, what abortion doctors can do is deny medical care to keep the child alive:
A spokesman for Sasse told us the bill is aimed at “passive” situations in which there’s a “backing away” from providing medical interventions for a baby born alive. He cited the testimony of an OB-GYN doctor in the Gosnell case who said that if a baby were born alive as a result of an abortion procedure, the baby would “eventually pass.”
FactCheck.org
You can read more at the link.
Where is the “First, do no harm” part in this story? 😥 😥 😥 😥 😥 😥 😥
JESUS. That is horrifying. 😥
Abominable.
The original Hippocratic Oath had a pledge to perform no abortions. Obviously abortion is an old procedure and I guess Hippocrates was an opponent.
The article said the baby was 34 weeks old when the doctor killed the baby. Nope; that’s not correct. The baby was 34 weeks along in the pregnancy.
Johnhenry, you brought up a distinction without a difference.
It was alive and obviously breathing until he killed it
You’re right about that. But what I was pointing out was the horrible reporting. For someone, such as you and I, who understands English, the article makes it sound like a 7-month old infants was murdered. That’s not what happened.
What did happen is still horrendous. A professional and competent journalist would have written this story better and in an understandable way.
Hah! I made a misspelling in that post just above. Here it is in correct English.
You’re right about that. But what I was pointing out was the horrible reporting. For someone, such as you and I, who understands English, the article makes it sound like a 7-month old infant was murdered. That’s not what happened.
What did happen is still horrendous. A professional and competent journalist would have written this story better and in an understandable way.