aborticide

Definition

The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

Etymology

From abortion + -cide (“killing; killer”).

Example Sentences

• "As physician I frequently find it helpful to express some of my views regarding prognosis, aborticide, euthanasia, organ transplant, and similar medical exertion of mine, including that of my well-intentioned fellow-man."
• ""From today onwards", he legislated, "a woman's infidelity to her husband shall be a sin tantamount to aborticide, an evil that will engender misery."
• ""Aborticide is the basis of God's judgment on America," he says, "because the blood cries out from the ground.""