aborticide

The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

As physician I frequently find it helpful to express some of my views regarding prognosis, aborticide, euthanasia, organ transplant, and similar medical exertion of mine, including that of my well-intentioned fellow-man.

"From today onwards", he legislated, "a woman's infidelity to her husband shall be a sin tantamount to aborticide, an evil that will engender misery.

An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.