[Chickensoup]

In Medieval England, the age of viability was 6 years old based on how much work the child could do. Before that, it was legal to infanticide your own child.

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this is not true.

[Kevmo]

Yes it is true.

https://www.google.com/search?q=age+of+%22viability%22+medieval+england+infanticide&hl=en&biw=1396&bih=634&sxsrf=APq-WBvYvqQBoYXZrkf_9b0xq3ZIIsEHKg%3A1648662910839&ei=fplEYo7nMoKawbkP4OOl-AQ&ved=0ahUKEwiOnp75s-72AhUCTTABHeBxCU8Q4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=age+of+%22viability%22+medieval+england+infanticide&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKABOgcIIxCwAxAnOgcIABBHELADOggIIRAWEB0QHjoFCCEQqwJKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQwwlY4yVgrCdoAXABeACAAeABiAGOD5IBBjAuMTEuMZgBAKABAcgBCcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284185146_From_Sin_to_Crime_Laws_on_Infanticide_in_the_Middle_Ages

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1082157/pdf/medhist00104-0005.pdf

https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/441275

https://press.uchicago.edu/books/TheChild/Child_pages_1-10.pdf