Earlier this week, Republican lawmakers attempted to pass the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act," a bill they said was designed to combat infanticide and protect newborn babies following ...

New research shows the females of some species will have many mates to ensure unclear paternity, so that males can't resort to killing their rival's offspring for fear of killing their own. This ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For those opposed to abortion, the moral distinction between abortion and infanticide is an arbitrary one. If human life begins at ...

A tragic infanticide at Foxconn's Devanahalli unit highlights critical gaps in mental health awareness, workplace support, ...

A paper by two bioethicists arguing for “after-birth abortion” has stirred up a debate, to say the least (here’s an earlier post about it). I asked Peter Singer, a professor of bioethics at Princeton ...

It’s not that Democrats support infanticide: They just aren’t against it. What other conclusion can one reach when 44 out of 47 Senate Democrats blocked the Senate from voting on a bill requiring that ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Among the "just-so stories" popular with scientists who seek genetic explanations of human behavior, few are so odious as ...

On Monday, the U.S. Senate will have the opportunity to condemn infanticide and protect babies who survive botched abortions. This is an easy and a timely vote. Just last month, New York repealed its ...

Foxconn is cooperating with authorities after a 19-year-old worker allegedly gave birth in a toilet at its Devanahalli unit ...

Saint Omer is a French film that picked up distinctions at the Venice International Film Festival and has hit wider distribution in the United States. It’s based on the story of Fabienne Kabou, a ...