Korean supreme court shocker

Supreme Court: until labour the foetus is not a human being
by Joseph Yun Li-sun
Shock sentence in South Korea: a foetus of 42 weeks, weighing over five kilo’s, “is not a human being”. A priest, professor of medicine at the Korean Catholic University, speaks of a “social defeat” for his nationSeoul (AsiaNews) – Korea’s highest court ruled yesterday that an unborn child cannot be considered human until the moment the mother goes into labour, thus clearing a midwife of negligent homicide charges. The verdict has provoked bitter debate in the country while the catholic community speaks of “the shocking and...