feticide
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- feticidal adjective
Etymology
Origin of feticide
Example Sentences
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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
After she was discharged, police stopped the woman in her cab ride home, and arrested her for attempted feticide.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2022
French next cites Georgia’s feticide statute, which imposes special penalties on any individual who causes the death of a fetus by injuring a woman.
From Slate • May 13, 2019
The extent of the practice may be roughly estimated by the number of standing advertisements in the family newspapers, in which feticide is warranted safe and secret.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey
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