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Various states have passed legislation on the subject of feticide.

Various states have laws on abortion, some of which refer to as feticide.

He has led an effort to eradicate female feticide in the district.

Feticide (or foeticide) is an act that causes the death of a fetus.

The feticide bill passed the House 99-3.

(1) A fetus is a human being, and feticide is murder.

That judgment, he said, is required by Utah's feticide law, which was amended in 2002 to protect the fetus from the moment of conception.

Ohio law banning "partial birth feticide" : enacted 18 August 2000.

In medical use, the word "feticide" is used simply to mean causing the death of the fetus, usually prior to some form of abortion.

Female feticide is still practiced in parts of the country, where an infant girl is valued considerably less than a boy.

Some countries call this feticide.

Feticide can occur in horses and zebras.

This can lead to abortion to prevent the birth of girl babies, which is called 'female feticide'."

It is possible that zebras practice infanticide and feticide, although such incidences have only been observed in captive individuals.

Unlawful abortion may be considered "feticide", even if the pregnant woman consents to the abortion.

"Prima facie, it looks to be the case of female feticide," he said.

However, 36 states also recognize the fetus or "unborn child" as a crime victim, at least for purposes of homicide or feticide.

Female Feticide and its Impact on Human Trafficking"

These include female feticide, nutritional and economic disparities with male members of the family, as well as violence in and out of the home.

In abortions after 20 weeks, an injection of digoxin or potassium chloride to stop the fetal heart can be used to achieve feticide.

The feticide statute under which she is also prosecuted was intended, when enacted in 1979, to cover acts by violent third parties such as abusive boyfriends.

British legal scholar William Blackstone explained the subject of quickening in the eighteenth century, relative to feticide and abortion:

On 14 March 2011, Shuai was charged with the murder and attempted feticide of her child, and was jailed for 435 days.

But, it did not appear to have much effect in the rate of female foeticide.

Female foeticide has led to an increase in human trafficking.

Government response to the problem has been known to not have stopped female foeticide from occurring.

In 2011, she launched a statewide campaign against female foeticide.

He also directed the officials to prepare a plan for a special campaign against female foeticide.

The first episode focused on the issue of female foeticide in India.

The tradition continues to some degree today, although where modern facilities are available it can take the form of female foeticide.

They put it down to female infanticide and foeticide.

His last wish was reportedly to run an organisation to make people aware and stop female foeticide.

Results indicated 100 students had signed the petition and pledged to support the prevention of female foeticide in their communities.

He said through his art, he highlights social evils like female foeticide, drugs and unemployment.

The convention also discussed social evils like female foeticide, dowry and drug abuse.

Running Social campaigns against drugs and Female foeticide etc.

Feticide (or foeticide) is an act that causes the death of a fetus.

Khan, as promised on the show, met Gehlot over the issue of female foeticide.

She also campaigns for the abolition of Sati (practice) and female foeticide.

This can lead to abortion to prevent the birth of girl babies, which is called 'female foeticide'."

Punjab has the worst gender ratio in entire India and most of the girls are either abandoned at an early age or killed as foeticide.

Certain castes regularly practiced female infanticide and later female foeticide.

Chopra often speaks out on women's issues: against female infanticide and foeticide, and in support of education for girls.

In 2005, Agnivesh was part of a two week campaign against female foeticide that traveled across India.

Leading to a demographic timebomb and one of the highest rate of female foeticide.

Such low ratio in turn was caused by the preference by most Indian parents to have sons instead of daughters, and female foeticide.