South Korea woman and doctors guilty of murder after killing newborn baby
www.bbc.com
This highlights the legal limbo on abortion, as Korea has no restrictions on how far it can be carried out.
  • pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    2 days ago

    The case has gripped South Korea, where abortions are not regulated properly. The procedure was decriminalised in 2019, there is no clear regulation on how far into pregnancy it can be carried out.

    I cannot imagine a single reasonable person arguing that there is any legal right to kill an already born baby as a part of any abortion policy.

    A huge fundamental principle of the pro-choice movement is about bodily autonomy and your right to decide that you will not use your body to incubate a fetus to maturity at this time, for any reason. The idea is that you have the right to remove a fetus from your body using reasonable methods, and if hasn’t matured into a viable baby that can survive outside of your uterus by that point, then it is an abortion.

    There are a whole lot of arguments to be had within this realm. What does ‘reasonable’ look like in different cases? At what point is the fetus enough of a person for its rights to be considered, and how does that weigh against the pregnant person’s right to decline consent to using their organs to provide life support to another person? If a pregnancy is near the point of viability and there is no threat to the pregnant person, how long is it reasonable to expect them to wait to bring the fetus to the point of being a viable baby instead of aborting? Even among people who hold a consensus on the right to an abortion, there is some debate.

    But I have never once encountered a single person who has argued that abortion law applies after the baby is already fucking born.

    This is not a legal gray area.

    • 0x0@infosec.pub
      2·
      2 days ago

      What is trump now, 79?

      I vote for changing the age limit for abortion to whatever the orange clownus is, perpetually.

      • pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 day ago

        We already have plenty of laws and procedures that could rid us of that man, it’s just that no one with the power to use them is fucking doing anything.

  • Dupelet@piefed.socialEnglish
    151·
    3 days ago

    In 2024, Kwon posted a YouTube video about how she terminated her pregnancy at 36 weeks. The video triggered public uproar and a criminal complaint from the health ministry. Police then launched an investigation into her and her doctor.

    The sheer stupidity…

  • Cypher@aussie.zone
    92·
    3 days ago

    The surgeon who operated on her and the director of the hospital were sentenced to four and six years in prison respectively

    What the fuck? They murdered a newborn. They should never be released.

    • Solumbran@lemmy.world
      41·
      3 days ago

      I mean, there’s far worse stuff and people get a slap on the wrist for those, so it’s not really so shocking here.

  • Typotyper@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    3 days ago

    Seeing as how trump constantly ignores court orders, NY state should ignore this ruling. What are the courts going to do.