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Cephalotripsy

The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery

An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery

distinct from malpractice claims alleging actual physical injury to a fetus caused by a negligently performed procedure.

is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought "California Penal Code"] malice in fact :

feticide : the act of causing the death of a fetus

abort : to induce the expulsion of (a human fetus)

judicially defined. There must have been independent life, a non-viable fetus expelled at a stage of pregnancy at which separate existence