Act of destroying a fetus or causing an abortion
Also known as foeticide
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Foeticide is the act of killing a human fetus. The term may also encompass the killing of a human embryo. Definitions differ between legal and medical applications. In law, feticide frequently refers to a criminal offense. In medicine, the term generally refers to a part of an abortion procedure in which a provider intentionally induces the death of the embryo or fetus to avoid the chance of an unintended live birth, or as a standalone procedure in the case of selective reduction.