feticide
/fee-ti-sahyd/US // ˈfi tɪˌsaɪd //UK // (ˈfiːtɪˌsaɪd) //
堕胎,灭罪,灭虫,灭鼠
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the act of destroying a fetus or causing an abortion.
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Examples
She becomes the second woman to recently be charged with “feticide” in Indiana.
Feticide carries an 8- to 20-year prison sentence under Indiana law.
Feticide laws are used “as a legal basis to deprive women of their personhood,” she said.
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