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
An appeals court eventually overturned the conviction, finding that Indiana’s feticide law wasn’t intended to punish women who self-terminate.
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 Ellis, Havelock
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