feticide
Definition
Noun: - The act of destroying a fetus: The deliberate termination or destruction of a developing fetus.
Usage
The term "feticide" is a formal and specific medical or legal term. It is used to describe the intentional act of causing the death of a fetus. It often appears in legal statutes, medical literature, and ethical discussions concerning pregnancy termination and fetal rights.
Examples
- The new law was designed to prosecute cases of feticide resulting from assaults on pregnant women.
- The medical report cited feticide as the cause of the pregnancy loss.
- The ethical debate centered on the distinction between abortion and feticide.
Advanced Usage
- Criminal feticide: A legal term for the unlawful killing of a fetus, often treated as a distinct crime from homicide.
- The charge was upgraded to criminal feticide after the investigation.
- Feticide law/statute: Legislation that specifically prohibits and punishes the act of destroying a fetus.
- Several states have enacted feticide laws.
Variants and Related Words
- Fetal (adj): Pertaining to a fetus.
- Fetal development
- Fetus (n): The unborn offspring from the end of the eighth week after conception until birth.
Synonyms
- Abortion (Note: While related, "abortion" is a broader term that can refer to both spontaneous and induced termination of pregnancy, whereas "feticide" specifically implies a deliberate destructive act.)
- Intentional termination of pregnancy
Related Phrases and Terms
- Neonaticide (n): The killing of a newborn infant.
- Infanticide (n): The act of killing an infant.
Noun
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the act of destroying a fetus
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