1. plural of feticide; the act of killing a fetus
Usage: legal and medical term; often used in discussions of abortion law and reproductive rights

Examples

• Some jurisdictions have enacted laws that criminalize feticides under certain circumstances.
• The debate over feticides involves complex questions about when life begins.
• Legal scholars disagree on how feticides should be distinguished from abortion.
• The statute defines feticides as the unlawful termination of a pregnancy.
• Prosecutors brought charges of feticide in the case involving the death of a pregnant woman.