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An infanticide in law, is the killing of a
child under 12 months old by its mother. More
generally, any killing of a newborn child,
usually as a method of population control and
most frequently of girls (especially in India
and China), although boys are killed in
countries where bride prices are high.
Subject by: Scott Southall