feticide

noun

fe·ti·cide ˈfē-tə-ˌsīd

: the act of causing the death of a fetus

Examples of feticide in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Dargan, 30, has been charged with murder, feticide and the possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. —

Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 8 Oct. 2021 Online records reviewed by PEOPLE show the three 19-year-olds – Marques Porch, Gregory Parker and Derrick Curry – are currently being held at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of second-degree murder and first degree feticide. —

Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023 Marques Porch, Gregory Parker and Derrick Curry, all 19, were charged with second-degree murder and first-degree feticide, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. —

Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023 Two Lacombe men have been charged with first degree murder and first degree feticide in the shooting deaths of 20-year-old Sylvanus Ellis III and 21-year-old Qile Sanders, who was seven months pregnant, according to the 22nd Judicial District Attorneys Office. —

Sara Pagones | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 12 Nov. 2020 Marks was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, feticide and other charges. —

Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2022 Online records confirm both are being held without bond after being charged with murder and feticide. —

Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022 Jamie Leon Harris, 37, was arrested Monday and is charged with three counts of felony murder, three counts of aggravated assault, and one count of feticide, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. —

CBS News, 19 July 2022 Shuffield survived, but her twins did not, and the man was charged with two counts of feticide. —

Holly Thomas, CNN, 1 June 2022 See More

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