Meaning of feticide | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion.
   countable, uncountable
2. One who kills a fetus.
   countable, uncountable

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“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.”

“Notwithstanding the earnest opposition of writers and lecturers and preachers and legislators, the practice of feticide appears to be on the increase⟳.”

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