Prejudice and Blood Libel
The notion that killing and eating human babies or fetuses is an accepted practice within certain groups is essentially a modern version of the ancient form of bigotry known as "blood libel," which consisted, historically, of one group accusing another of murdering infants in ritual sacrifices. The Greeks accused the Jews of doing it; the Romans accused the Christians of doing it; according to the Christians, it really was the Jews who did it—and so on, since time immemorial."
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