{"id":63980,"date":"2020-12-07T07:47:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T07:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=63980"},"modified":"2023-06-13T06:49:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T06:49:36","slug":"infanticide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/infanticide\/","title":{"rendered":"Infanticide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The murder of infants or young children.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The act of killing an infant.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A person who kills an infant.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The killing of a baby. Historically, and still in a few cultures, many unwanted babies especially girls, infants of unacknowledged paternity, or babies with birth defects were simply abandoned, if not directly killed. 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