... similar to those also took place. Both of the judges in those cases believed that the infants were not human beings, therefore gave those children's parents the minimum sentence for the crime they had committed. By definition, infanticide is the intentional killing of a child usually less than one year old. Infanticide committed within the twenty-four hours of birth is called neonaticide. People and cultures all through history have used infanticide as a means of dealing with overpopulation. In the Peoples Republic of China, infanticide is one of the most common things you will hear about. Of the 75 children killed in China each day, 49 of them are females. China has strict laws saying that each family may only have 2-3 children. A missionary once interviewed 40 Chinese women. Between them they had bore 183 sons and 175 daughters. Out of those sons, 126 survived; only 53 daughters survived. Those ...

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