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Infanticide serves as both an offense and a defense in criminal law. As an offense, it applies when a woman causes the death of her child under 12 months due to not having recovered from birth or lactation, and is treated as manslaughter. As a defense, it allows a murder charge to be reduced to manslaughter if these criteria are met. However, infanticide provisions are now seen as outdated and gender-specific, and reform proposals recommend replacing it with other defenses like diminished responsibility tha

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