Fetal Abduction by Maternal Evisceration (FAMAE): a forensic psychiatric syndrome

In the most extreme forms of infant abduction, a late term fetus is removed from the mother’s abdomen in a fetal abduction by maternal evisceration (FAMAE). From 1974 to 2017, there have been 19 reported cases in the U.S.A. While statistically rare, the incidence of these traumatic events has been i...

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