Synonym: miscarriage. Similar words: portion, collaboration, proportion, in proportion to, participation, a bone of contention, transportation, labor. Meaning: [ə'bɔːʃn] n. 1. termination of pregnancy 2. failure of a plan.
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(121) It was not widely known that there was a abortion clinic in the neighborhood.
(122) He contends that economic prosperity has given the voters the opportunity to choose on issues like abortion and the environment.
(123) The judge will quiz jurors individually about their views on abortion and the insanity defense beginning Tuesday.
(124) He introduced a bill to legalize abortion two years before Roe v. Wade.
(125) Whatever you may think about the morality of abortion, these are the most deplorable scare tactics.
(126) The growth of non-profit-making abortion clinics since the act has meant that abortion is widely available.
(127) Under the terms of the legislation an abortion clinic was also required to inform a patient about the possible alternatives to abortion.
(128) The ruling was not a total defeat for the abortion clinics.
(129) If I'd been able to find out about Moira's abortion, the chances were that Neil could have too.
(130) A woman who is granted an abortion does not get to choose between abortions.
(131) No government has ever made abortion a capital crime or executed either a pregnant woman or an abortionist for murder.
(132) Her case ended up in the Supreme Court which overturned restrictive abortion laws in 46 states.
(133) By 1980 the Republican Party platform had become antiabortion; and a president who pledged to outlaw abortion altogether had been elected.
(134) By the turn of the century virtually every State had a law prohibiting or restricting abortion on its books.
(135) It surfaced over the issues of abortion and birth control.
(136) The court in 1994 upheld some limits on how close protesters can get to women entering abortion clinics to terminate pregnancies.
(137) None of the women who were subsequently interviewed mentioned illegal abortion and the final report ignores the topic.
(138) Last month the senator complicated their task by reiterating his support for some exceptions to a constitutional amendment banning abortion.
(139) A statement said there was a spontaneous abortion and the life support machine had now been turned off.
(140) Anti-abortionists have launched a vigorous campaign to reinforce the constitutional ban on abortion.
(141) In the coming abortion clinic battles, these would prove invaluable to her and to me.
(142) The abortion issue also seems to have been canceled for lack of burning interest.
(143) Prior to 1980 Bush had supported the right of women to choose to have an abortion.
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(144) Conservatives insist that the new platform retain the 1992 abortion plank calling for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion.
(145) Clinton consistently supported women's right to abortion at a time when Bush adopted an anti-abortion stance.
(146) Patrick Buchanan has criticized Dole for not taking a stronger stance against abortion.
(147) These developments took place against a background of growing activism on the abortion issue in the country at large.
(148) He supports parental notification and opposes government funding, but does not advocate a constitutional amendment banning abortion.
(149) Another alleged he carried out an illegal abortion at her home.
(150) He has stated that, as Governor of New Jersey, he would not push for legislation to restrict abortion drastically.
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