neonaticide

/ ˌniːəʊˈneɪtɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. the act of killing a baby in the first 24 hours of its life

Example Sentences

Weaver sought post-conviction relief in 2017, arguing her lawyer didn’t present a complete explanation of neonaticide and she could have received a lesser sentence.

From Seattle Times

Neonaticide is the murder of an infant within 24 hours of birth.

From Seattle Times

Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor noted in the majority opinion that Fleegle demonstrated an arbitrary and unreasonable attitude toward evidence of both neonaticide as well as “pregnancy-negation syndrome,” where a person is in denial about their pregnancy.

From Seattle Times

Neil S. Kaye, a forensic psychologist who specializes in infanticide and neonaticide cases, said a majority of situations like the Baby Jane Doe case arise because the child was unplanned or unwanted, or because the pregnancy was discovered too late for another course of action.

From New York Times

Rather, we hope to explain that the underlying concern of their laws regulating abortion, neonaticide, or the death of a child was a focus on the preservation of life—the whole life, not just that of a fetus.

From Slate