feticide
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Mr. Jaglan said it’s his own two daughters, Nandini, 11, and Yachika, 9, who motivate him to do whatever he can to stamp out female feticide.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
In 2015, text messages about getting an abortion helped convict a woman of child neglect and feticide.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2022
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 ● Dec. 13, 2021
In 2013, Indiana prosecutors charged Purvi Patel with feticide after she allegedly took misoprostol and mifepristone that she had purchased online.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2018
"A concise survey of the beliefs and customs of primitive peoples in such matters as modesty, conjugal fidelity, courtship, marriage, birth and feticide."
From Little Essays of Love and Virtue by Havelock Ellis
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