noun
feticide
Feticide (noun) means (law) The killing of an unborn baby, including through a deliberate abortion.
noun
1
(law) The killing of an unborn baby, including through a deliberate abortion.
"Zimra, then, takes an unequivocal stance; favoring Rashi's view over that of Maimonides, he offers little comfort for the rodef approach, holding instead that feticide cannot be regarded as murder becaue the fetus is not a nefesh."
— Daniel Schiff, Abortion in Judaism (2002)
2
A person who kills an unborn baby.
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Etymology
Formed from fetus plus -cide, or fetus plus -icide; the suffix comes from Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīda (“cutter, killer”) and its derivative -cīdium (“killing”), from -cīd (the combining form of caedō (“cut, kill”)) plus -a (“-er”, forming agent nouns).
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What is the meaning of feticide?
"feticide" (noun) means (law) The killing of an unborn baby, including through a deliberate abortion.
What is another word for feticide?
Other words for "feticide" include aborticide.
What are the different meanings of feticide?
"feticide" has 2 main meanings: 1. (law) The killing of an unborn baby, including through a deliberate abortion; 2. A person who kills an unborn baby.
