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Intentional killing of human offspring
Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that
Infanticide
Infanticide in non-human primates occurs when an individual kills its own or another individual's dependent young. Five hypotheses have been proposed
Infanticide_in_primates
Deliberate killing of newborn female children
Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of newborn female children. Female infanticide is prevalent in several nations around the world. It has been
Female_infanticide
Intentional killing of female infants in India
Female infanticide in India has a history spanning centuries. Poverty, the dowry system, births to unmarried women, deformed infants, famine, lack of
Female_infanticide_in_India
China has a history of female infanticide which spans 2,000 years. When Christian missionaries arrived in China in the late sixteenth century, they witnessed
Female_infanticide_in_China
Killing of young offspring by an adult animal of the same species
In animals, infanticide involves the intentional killing of young offspring by a mature animal of the same species. Animal infanticide is studied in zoology
Infanticide_(zoology)
Infanticide is the killing of a neonate after birth. In zoology, this commonly refers to the killing and in some cases consumption of newborn animals
Infanticide_in_carnivores
Termination or consumption of newborn rodents by the parent or another rodent
Infanticide is the termination of a neonate after it has been born, and in zoology this is often the termination or consumption of newborn animals by
Infanticide_in_rodents
Pregnancy termination based on predicted sex
female-selective abortion. Sex-selective abortion is closely linked to female infanticide, and is recognized by many human rights organizations as an act of violence
Sex-selective_abortion
Eating members of one's own species
mainly full-grown adults. Infanticide is the killing of a non-adult animal by an adult of the same species. Infanticide is often accompanied by cannibalism
Cannibalism
Intentional killing of intersex human infant
newborns and infants are under the risk of being killed. Such intersex infanticide is practiced in Southeast Asia, China, and countries in the regions of
Intersex_infanticide
Spiteful behaviour in animals
genetic. Nevertheless, widespread infanticide during periods of war indicates Hamiltonian elements as well. Infanticide is a biologically spiteful action
Hamiltonian_spite
Term used in the study of psychohistory
Early infanticidal childrearing is a term used in the study of psychohistory that refers to infanticide in Paleolithic, pre-historical, and historical
Early infanticidal childrearing
Early_infanticidal_childrearing
English laws on the killing of an infant by its mother
The Infanticide Act is the name of two 20th-century acts in English law that started treating the killing of an infant child by its mother during the
Infanticide_Act
2023 triple filicide in Massachusetts, United States
On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy fatally strangled her three children—five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan—at the family's
Killing of the Clancy children
Killing_of_the_Clancy_children
The Infanticide Act (Swedish: Barnamordsplakatet), often referred to as "Infanticide act of Gustav III" (Gustav III:s barnamordsplakat) after its instigator
Infanticide_Act_(Sweden)
Illegal abortion of females in India
resources. Some demographers question whether sex-selective abortion or infanticide claims are accurate, because underreporting of female births may also
Female_foeticide_in_India
British murderer
– 23 August 1849) was the last British woman to be executed for the infanticide of her own child. She was convicted of killing her infant son Richard
Rebecca_Smith_(murderer)
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Infanticide Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 36) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the offence of infanticide for England and
Infanticide_Act_1938
Suicide, infanticide, and self-mutilation by slaves in the United States was documented, although it remains an understudied aspect of slavery in the
Suicide, infanticide, and self-mutilation by slaves in the United States
Suicide,_infanticide,_and_self-mutilation_by_slaves_in_the_United_States
Deliberate killing of female newborns in Pakistan
Female infanticide has long been a common practice in Pakistan due to a number of cultural factors. Official statistics show the rate of infant mortality
Female infanticide in Pakistan
Female_infanticide_in_Pakistan
Maharani of Jaisalmer
2000). She has spoken for female empowerment, as well as against female infanticide and child marriage. One of her initiatives includes collaborating with
Raseshwari_Rajya_Laxmi
Cultural practice
eventually saw twins as of great importance there was still evidence of twin infanticide in various Yoruba communities. According to T. J. H. Chappel, the acceptance
Killing_of_twins_in_Nigeria
Occasionally, infanticide is mentioned in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry but when it is, it does not explicitly mention female infanticide, rather general
Women_in_pre-Islamic_Arabia
Species of true bug
species are known to destroy eggs guarded by males (ovicide, a form of infanticide), which secures care for their future offspring. It appears that a "counterstrategy"
Lethocerus_deyrollei
Structure in ancient China used for discarding unwanted children
female infanticide from the late Qing period through the Republican era. Zhang provides detailed accounts of legal prohibitions against infanticide—particularly
Baby_tower
Aspect of Canadian law
serious category of culpable homicide, the others being manslaughter and infanticide. To commit homicide is to cause by any means, directly or indirectly
Homicide_(Canadian_law)
2003 Indian film
Manish Jha. The film examines the impact of female feticide and female infanticide on the gender balance and consequently the stability and attitudes of
Matrubhoomi
Infanticide in 19th-century New Zealand was difficult to assess, especially for newborn indigenous Māori infants. Resultantly, many New Zealand women
Infanticide in 19th-century New Zealand
Infanticide_in_19th-century_New_Zealand
Practice of abandoning unwanted infants to exposure in the wilderness
ultimately from the Latin expōnō, "to set forth, expose"), is a method of infanticide or child abandonment in which infants are left outside to die. In ancient
Exposure_(infant)
Practices of murdering their child during the first day of life
Neonaticide is considerably more commonly committed by mothers than fathers; infanticide is also more likely to be committed by mothers than fathers. A 1999 United
Neonaticide
1994 film by Bharathiraja
and Janagaraj in supporting roles. It is set in a village where female infanticide is prevalent and encouraged, but the title character is against the practice
Karuthamma
2006 New Zealand murders of twin infants
Wikinews has related news: Twin babies in NZ foster home die of head injuries The Cris and Cru Kahui homicides refers to the murders of twin brothers Christopher
Cris_and_Cru_Kahui_homicides
Legislative act in British India
The Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870 (Act VIII of 1870) was a legislative act passed in British India, to prevent murder of female infants. Section
Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870
Female_Infanticide_Prevention_Act,_1870
Act of killing one's sister
killing of one's brother Filicide, the killing of a child by their parent Infanticide, killing of an infant under the age of one year Parricide, the killing
Sororicide
French serial killer
prison on eight counts of infanticide. Dominique and Pierre-Marie Cottrez are also the parents of two adult daughters. Infanticide Véronique Courjault Celine
Dominique_Cottrez
Vocalizations produced by females for mating
serve as adaptive solutions to problems that the females face, such as infanticide, as well as obtaining high quality sperm. In non-primates, copulatory
Female copulatory vocalizations
Female_copulatory_vocalizations
2025 studio album by Testament
fall. On August 19, 2025, Testament released the first single titled "Infanticide A.I." from their then-untitled fourteenth album, being streamed exclusively
Para_Bellum_(album)
Species of spider
exhibit infanticide, by killing the offspring of already-mated females. Females are able to lay more than one clutch, which means infanticide can provide
Stegodyphus_lineatus
British nurse convicted of murder (born 1990)
Lucy Letby (born 4 January 1990) is a British former NHS neonatal nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others at the
Lucy_Letby
modelled on the Infanticide Act 1938. The act created an offence of infanticide for the first time in Northern Ireland. Infanticide Act The citation
Infanticide Act (Northern Ireland) 1939
Infanticide_Act_(Northern_Ireland)_1939
Species of hominid in the genus Homo
other primates, but have an increased preference for killing adults, infanticide being more common among other primates. Phylogenetic analysis predicts
Human
English execution survivor (c. 1628 – 1659/1665)
1665) was an English domestic servant who was accused of committing infanticide in 1650. She is known for surviving her attempted execution by hanging
Anne_Greene
American actress (born 1980)
the slower pace of filming. In preparation, she read case studies on infanticide. Shutter Island was released in 2010 and was a commercial success, earning
Michelle_Williams_(actress)
Public health issue of violent acts against women
include acts such as domestic abuse, sexual assault, murder, female infanticide, and acid throwing. According to the report of National Crime Report
Violence against women in India
Violence_against_women_in_India
In ethology, aggressive behaviour displayed by the mother towards the offspring
rough with, injuring, biting, attacking, crushing and killing (maternal infanticide) of the offspring. While savaging behaviour has been seen in multiple
Savaging
Murder of women or girls because of their gender
domestic violence and forced abortions. Some cultures use gender-selective infanticide and geronticide to perform femicide.[citation needed] Until recently
Femicide
2021 murder of three children in New Zealand
Dickason admitted to causing the deaths but entered pleas of insanity and infanticide, the latter carrying a lesser penalty under New Zealand law. The trial
Murders of the Dickason children
Murders_of_the_Dickason_children
Country in East Asia
perceived as better able to support the family. Through a combination of infanticide, sex-selective abortion, and unreported female births, there were 120
China
Reduction of nestlings in a bird brood
is a limited amount of resources available. It can occur directly via infanticide, or indirectly via competition over resources between siblings. Avian
Brood_reduction
Practice of eating a child or fetus
famines in various parts of the world. Cannibalism sometimes also followed infanticide, the killing of unwanted infants. In several societies that recognized
Child_cannibalism
Controversial comparison of abortion and euthanasia
infanticide "after-birth abortion" and highlights similarities between abortion and euthanasia. The main argument of the article is that infanticide should
After-Birth_Abortion
Welsh murderer (1788–1805)
Mary Morgan (1788 – 15 April 1805) was a young servant in Presteigne, Radnorshire, Wales, who was convicted and hanged for killing her newborn child. While
Mary Morgan (British murderer)
Mary_Morgan_(British_murderer)
French murderer
sans histoire, accusée de six infanticides". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-23. "Céline Lesage, une mère infanticide "atypique"". Le Nouvel Obs
Céline_Lesage
published in the Chinese Journal of Health Statistics in April 2013. Female infanticide in China Health in China Cao, Meng; Lei, Peng; Wu, Zhuochun (April 2013)
List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by infant mortality
List_of_Chinese_provincial-level_divisions_by_infant_mortality
Scottish Presbyterian missionary (1848–1915)
is most famous for her role in helping to stop the common practice of infanticide of twins in Okoyong, an area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Mary Mitchell
Mary_Slessor
French criminal (born 1968)
from jail on 17 May 2010, after serving almost four years behind bars. Infanticide Celine Lesage Dominique Cottrez Melissa Drexler List of serial killers
Véronique_Courjault
English murderer executed by hanging
taking in other women's children for money, which often resulted in infanticide. Waters drugged and starved the infants in her care and is believed to
Margaret_Waters
Scottish 18th-century hanging survivor
hanging. The hanging sparked public discontent with the treatment of infanticidal mothers in Scotland, and may have been a cause of violent protest in
Maggie_Dickson
Social group of India and Pakistan
female infanticide. The colonial authorities also found that both in rural North and West India, the castes which practiced female infanticide were propertied
Jats
Manchu-led dynasty of China (1644–1912)
In addition, infant deaths were decreased due to campaigns against infanticide and improvements in birthing techniques performed by doctors and midwives
Qing_dynasty
Euthanasia applied to gravely ill children
proponent, proposed that infanticide be permitted in cases of severe birth defects. Fletcher says that unlike the sort of infanticide perpetrated by very disturbed
Child_euthanasia
Genus of beetles
the category of subsocial insects. Burying beetles are known to commit infanticide at an early stage, which is also known as culling their young. This is
Burying_beetle
British actress (born 1983)
rehabilitating and educating orphans and working to prevent female infanticide. She donates a sum of her earnings annually to the fund and her winnings
Katrina_Kaif
eaten." Cannibalism was sometimes associated with infanticide. Berndt and Berndt state that infanticide was mainly practised during bad seasons in the desert
Cannibalism_in_Oceania
British military commander and politician (1774–1839)
witness the cremations on the ghats of Varanasi, and suppressing female infanticide and human sacrifice. Bentinck noted "the dreadful responsibility hanging
Lord_William_Bentinck
Industry which claims to help teenagers
a series on Violence against children Murder Filicide Honor killing Infanticide Neonaticide Child homicide Familicide Child sacrifice Child cannibalism
Troubled_teen_industry
Genus of bears
cryptic female choice and sexually selected infanticide. The hypothesis of sexually selected infanticide is a female counterstrategy that can directly
Ursus_(mammal)
Type of murder
violence Face (sociological concept) Family values Filicide Femicide Female infanticide Fetal abduction Forced marriage Gendercide Guilt–shame–fear spectrum
Honor_killing
American murder defendant (born 1964)
treatment and was a roommate of Dena Schlosser, another woman who committed infanticide by killing her infant daughter. In January 2007, Yates was moved to Kerrville
Andrea_Yates
2012 documentary film about female infanticide
World is a 2012 documentary film which explores the practice of female infanticide. It was directed by Evan Grae Davis and focused primarily on India and
It's a Girl: The Three Deadliest Words in the World
It's_a_Girl:_The_Three_Deadliest_Words_in_the_World
Islamic term for pre-Islamic Arabian society
resulting in practices of polytheism, idol worship, and alleged female infanticide. The narrative holds that these people characteristically had societies
Jahiliyyah
Canadian-born American philosopher (born 1941)
existence of God with William Lane Craig. His early paper "Abortion and Infanticide", arguing that there is no moral difference between them and that both
Michael_Tooley
"sister") Uxoricide, the killing of one's wife (Latin: uxor "wife") Infanticide, the killing of a child within the first year of their life Neonaticide
List_of_types_of_killing
Principles of Sikhi and women
the custom of sati. Guru Amar Das also raised his voice against female infanticide. Guru Amar Das had appointed a Sikh woman, named Mai Matho, as head of
Women_in_Sikhism
American psychological horror film by Michael Mohan
genetic modification and debates surrounding childbirth, abortion, and infanticide. Speaking with Fangoria, director Mohan recited a story wherein his family
Immaculate_(2024_film)
Female infanticide method
Doodh peeti was a method of female infanticide in which newborn girls were drowned in pails or pits of cow milk (doodh). It is the British government
Doodh_peeti
Protecting children from harm and neglect
arrest sentences up to five years and fines ranging from $5,000-$15,000. Infanticide is the intentional killing of infants and young children. This practice
Child_protection
American serial killer (1941–2026)
Gosnell provided illegal late-term abortions, committed post-labor infanticide after many live births, and ran a prescription pill mill which eventually
Kermit_Gosnell
Ratio of males to females in a population
contaminants, war casualties, effects of war on men, sex-selective abortions, infanticides, aging, gendercide, problems with birth registration, and sex differences
Human_sex_ratio
Belgian murderer (1966–2023)
Genevieve Lhermitte tried at Nivelles Monday on five counts of infanticide | 7Sur7 Infanticide: psychiatric experts debate | Le Figaro Three letters of blood
Geneviève_Lhermitte
Indian actress
popular show Na Aana Is Des Laado. The show dealt with the issue of female infanticide and other atrocities against women. In 2013, Malik became a contestant
Meghna_Malik
to widespread awareness of infanticide. Rumors and suspicions of infanticide are common. The public condemns infanticide but largely understands its
Abortion_in_Senegal
American rapper, songwriter, and record producer (born 1969)
lyrics which include vivid descriptions of cannibalism, murder, rape, infanticide, dismemberment, and necrophilia, he is a horrorcore artist. Due to the
Brotha_Lynch_Hung
Homicide of a minor
a series on Violence against children Murder Filicide Honor killing Infanticide Neonaticide Child homicide Familicide Child sacrifice Child cannibalism
Child_murder
Demographic phenomenon in China
measures resulted in a neglect of girls and in some cases led to female infanticide. China did not appear to be systematizing sex-selective fertilization
Sex-ratio_imbalance_in_China
to 35 million. This increase has been variously attributed to female infanticide, selective abortions (aided by increasing access to prenatal sex discernment
List of states and union territories of India by sex ratio
List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_sex_ratio
New Zealander convicted of infanticide (1844–1895)
September 1844 – 12 August 1895) was a New Zealander who was found guilty of infanticide and hanged. She was the first and only woman to have been executed in
Minnie_Dean
Act of killing one's own mother
the killing of one's child Fratricide, the killing of one's brother Infanticide, the killing of an infant Mariticide, the killing of one's husband Nepoticide
Matricide
Country in South Asia
census reported a human sex ratio of 940 females per 1,000 males. Female infanticide in India, and lately female foeticide, have created lopsided gender ratios;
India
Social community of South Asia
origin of the Rajput community resulted in hypergamy as well as female infanticide that was common in Hindu Rajput clans. Scholars refer to this as "Rajputisation"
Rajput
2009 video game
protection groups, who accused it of promoting shaken baby syndrome and infanticide. Baby Shaker was developed in 2009 by Sikalosoft, which, according to
Baby_Shaker
Namibia is located in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that has some of the highest crime rates in the world. Contributing factors are for instance poverty
Crime_in_Namibia
Irish children's song
River Saile", is an Irish schoolyard song that tells the story of an infanticide in a light-hearted way. It was popularised in the 1960s by Irish folk
Weela_Weela_Walya
Failing to report the birth of a child, a crime in many countries
was initially extended by the Infanticide Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 18) and then by section 1(4) of the Infanticide Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 36)
Concealment_of_birth
Murder motivated by sexual arousal
Family Familicide Spousal murder Mariticide Uxoricide Prolicide Filicide Infanticide Neonaticide Siblicide Fratricide Sororicide Parricide Matricide Patricide
Lust_murder
French priest and occultist
executed 1 October 1680. Anne Somerset - The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV (St. Martin's Press (October
Jacques_Cotton
2002 book by Mala Sen
Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death and Female Infanticide in Modern India is a book authored by Mala Sen, and published by Rutgers University Press in 2002
Death_by_Fire_(book)
2008 infanticide in Brazil
The murder of Isabella de Oliveira Nardoni was a widely publicized infanticide case in Brazil. On the night of 29 March 2008, five-year-old Isabella died
Murder_of_Isabella_Nardoni
French secretary, defendant in the Affair of the Poisons
witchcraft and impiety. Anne Somerset - The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV (St. Martin's Press (October
Pierre Bonnard (Poison Affair)
Pierre_Bonnard_(Poison_Affair)
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