foeticide

Noun

(plural foeticides)

The act of killing a foetus

Noun

(plural fœticides)

Archaic form of foeticide.

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After the spread of Christianity among the Romans, however, foeticide became equally criminal with the murder of an adult, and the barbarian hordes which afterwards overran the empire also treated the offence as a crime punishable with death.

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