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'''Infanticide''' is the practice of [[murder]]ing one's own [[child]]. It occurs in cultures in which male children are strongly favored over female for social or economic reasons, particularly when the number children per family is restricted by either limited resources or artificial [[population control]] such as that enforced in [[China]].

'''Infanticide''' is the practice of killing one's own child. It occurs in cultures in which male children are strongly favoured over female for social or economic reasons, particularly when the number children per family is restricted by either limited resources or artificial [[population control]] such as that enforced in China.

 

Infanticide ''per se'' is very uncommon in the Western world, because the prevalence of the [[abortion industry]] and legalized [[abortion]] makes it easy for females to abort their babies when they would normally turn to infanticide. Even in China, infanticide is becoming less common in recent times because improving access to [[ultrasound]] scanning and [[abortion]] facilities allows for more sex-selective abortions.

== See Also ==

== See Also ==

*[[Abortion]]

*[[Abortion]]

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[[Category:Culture]]