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Definition of "antiabortion" []

  • Opposed to induced abortion: the antiabortion movement. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "antiabortion" in a sentence
  • "Great newspapers give ad breaks to groups with which they feel an ideological affinity, but turn away ads from those they do not, such as antiabortion groups."
  • "I use the term "antiabortion" instead of "prolife" because most of the people I know who claim the title "prolife" are also "pro death-penalty" which does not make a lot of sense to me."
  • "Wade decided in 1973, antiabortion advocates pushed for a repeal of the decision and a total ban on abortion, while supporters of abortion rights stressed the dangers of the back-alley abortions that were in living memory."