Infanticide

Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children. Infanticide is generally illegal, but in some places the practice is tolerated, or the prohibition is not strictly enforced.

Many people would testify that hearing their unborn child’s heartbeat was an unforgettable reality. It’s biological reality too! A baby’s little heart begins beating at around 21 days’ gestation. Ultrasound enables us to hear the heartbeat by around six weeks.

There is no such thing as a [foetal] heartbeat at six weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman’s body.

But, because the issue being discussed was abortion, for Stacey Abrams the only relevant consideration was the power of the oppressor class (male) over the victim class (female). She would have dismissed any appeal to science as a power grab; a ploy to dismiss the plight of a woman with an unwanted pregnancy.

A former serviceman who silently prayed for his unborn son outside an abortion clinic has been convicted of breaching the safe zone around the centre. Adam Smith-Connor had his head bowed and hands clasped as he prayed for his son Jacob, whom he said died from abortion 22 years ago, outside the centre in Bournemouth, Dorset, on November 24 2022.

The safe zone around the British Pregnancy Advisory Service clinic in Ophir Road was introduced in October 2022 and banned activity including protests, harassment and vigils either in favour or or against abortion services. Smith-Connor denied the offence of failing to comply with the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) during a trial at Poole Magistrates’ Court, but was found guilty by District Judge Orla Austin who said on Wednesday that what he did was “deliberate”.