Infanticide

Christianity largely outlawed infanticide.
* See: Christianity; Murder.
The proportion of men greatly exceeding that of women found in many 
cultures and epochs suggests that girls suffered infanticide more often 
than boys. A kind of social birth, the ritual right to survive, rested 
on the procedure of name giving in the Roman culture and on the start of
 oral feeding in the Germanic tradition. Legislative efforts to protect 
the newborn began with Trajan's 'alimentaria' laws in 103 CE and 
Constantine's laws following his conversion to Christianity in 313 CE. 
Malformed newborns were not regarded as human infants and were usually 
killed immediately after birth. Infanticide was formally outlawed in 374
 CE by Emperor Valentinian.
Epub 2015 Oct 28. «From Right to Sin: Laws on Infanticide in Antiquity». Obladen.
== Branching ==
* See: Neonatal; Neonatal killings.
* See related topics: Dysgenics; Eugenics; Euthanasia.
Category:Death
Category:Killing