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[mack4289]

You know what's funny about this (and really, what isn't funny about dead children)? I could imagine the judges just didn't want to charge this midwife with anything so they gave her a loophole, and only after did they realize what a significant ruling it was.

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2877847

"Is an unborn child a human being or not?

Korea�s highest court ruled yesterday that an unborn child cannot be considered human until the moment the mother goes into labor, thus clearing a midwife of negligent homicide charges. The verdict shocked the religious community.

.... The Supreme Court upheld an appeals court acquittal of a midwife who had been indicted on charges of inflicting injury on a 37-year-old pregnant woman. The mother gave birth to a stillborn child through a Caesarean section while under the midwife�s supervision.

The court rejected the prosecution�s argument that the midwife had committed negligent homicide because surgery was performed too late, ruling that the unborn baby was not a human being, thus no homicide took place."

[mehamrick]

That is one hell of a way to step into the global spotlight..

And whats up with this quote..