feticide
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- feticidal adjective
Etymology
Origin of feticide
Example Sentences
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In 2015, text messages about getting an abortion helped convict a woman of child neglect and feticide.
From Washington Post
After she was discharged, police stopped the woman in her cab ride home, and arrested her for attempted feticide.
From Salon
In one famous Indiana case, a woman named Purvi Patel was convicted of "feticide," with prosecutors using her text messages mentioning abortion drugs purchased online.
From Salon
Several states have applied feticide laws meant to protect pregnant people from domestic violence to instead criminally charge them for harming their fetus, if they miscarry, self-induce an abortion, or struggle with substance abuse problems.
From Salon
Numerous people — and disproportionately women of color — have faced criminalization for miscarriages, stillbirths or inducing their own abortions due to strict feticide laws and a greater culture of controlling pregnant people in the U.S .
From Salon
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