Talk:Neonaticide

Medea Complex
Should this be on this page? I suggest we make a general article for mothers killing children. Medea's children were very old she killed them, and this page explicitly talks about children under 1 day old. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.74.228.106 (talk) 02:09, 9 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I changed Medea to the Euripedes play, Medea and removed the "dubious" tag, since her killing her children in the play is indisputable. (Whether the reference should be there or not, it is true and therefore not dubious.)  I did put a "citation needed" tag on the claim that that's the earliest known reference.  Since it is mythological (rather than historical), I can't help but wonder if earlier cultures had such myths too. Ock Raz   talk  16:04, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

"Post-birth abortion" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Post-birth abortion. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 March 17 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. ★Trekker (talk) 20:50, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Why is there barely any mention of the countless historical neonaticide practices, around the world?
It was common in Old Norse society (and kept the practice, even some time after christianization), Ancient Greece (at least parts of it. If nothing else, it was quite common practice in Sparta), pre-Modern Japan (which does get a tiny, puny, mention), and many many other societies. A lot of which is covered in infanticide. Why isn't any of this mentioned, here?--98.128.229.118 (talk) 17:29, 12 May 2022 (UTC)