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'''Infanticide''' is the practice of killing one's own child. People in some times and places have killed babies simply for not being the right sex. China had a controversial population control policy which limited couples to one child;<ref>"The one-child policy, first adumbrated by Deng Xiaoping in a 1979 speech, was in place nationwide by 1981." [http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa75761.000/hfa75761_0.HTM] </ref>

'''Infanticide''' is the practice of killing very young children. An infant has been medically defined as a child too young to speak.<ref>MedicineNet.com http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3966.</ref>  Infanticide may occur 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.  However, in addition to the Chinese practice there is the very common [[abortion|practice]] in the United States and other countries whereby unborn infants are killed in the womb, even because their mother finds them to be an inconvenience.

unauthorized pregnancies are forcibly aborted [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-noonan081601.shtml]

 

Statistics have been reported as  "Number of abortions per year: Approximately 42 Million."  "Number of abortions per day: Approximately 115,000."<ref>The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform https://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html</ref>

 

In 2019, several [[Democratic Party]] governors vetoed bills simply banning infanticide.<ref>Richardson, Valerie (May 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/21/infanticide-bills-put-democratic-governors-hot-sea/ Republicans put Democratic governors on hot seat with infanticide bills]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 22, 2019.</ref>

 

 

 

Below are articles on [[atheism]] and infanticide:

 

*[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2017/07/13/atheism-and-infanticide/ Atheism and infanticide]

 

*[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2015/05/21/the-infanticide-atheist-connection/ The Infanticide-Atheist Connection]

 

 

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