Abortion is an English word with synonyms like termination or ending. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Abortion meaning
- The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.
- A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage.
Synonyms of Abortion
Abortion vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Abortion
- The main meaning on this page is: The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus. | A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage. | The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.
- Useful related words include: termination, ending, conclusion, miscarriage.
- Possible Dutch translations are: voortijdige beëindiging.
- In the example corpus, abortion often appears in combinations such as: an abortion, abortion rights, to abortion.
Context around Abortion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abortion
- In this selection, "abortion" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anti, medication, selective, rights, pills and bans stand out and add context to how "abortion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 20 states abortion bans referring, 50 anti abortion protesters crashed, abortion rights, abortion access and abortion ban. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abortion" sits close to words such as employed, introduction and lagos, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abortion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Medication abortion already was the form of abortion, and since Roewas overturned, demand has surged for abortion pills. (18 words)
The National Abortion Federation, a professional association for abortion providers, reported a “sharp increase” in violence at abortion clinics in 2022. (21 words)
If Roe is overturned, it will throw state abortion laws into chaos, and lawsuits over abortion rights (and abortion restrictions) will proliferate. (22 words)
On the other hand, Harris presented abortion rights as the main focus throughout her campaign, pointing at the Republican nominee as a direct perpetrator of over 20 states’ abortion bans, referring to them as Trump's abortion bans during her speeches. (41 words)
Though Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative who votes fairly consistentlyto uphold abortion restrictions, cast the key fifth vote to strike down a Louisiana anti-abortion law, his opinion makes it clear that his views about abortion haven’t changed. (40 words)
She claimed that they would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion, enact a nationwide abortion ban, force states to report on women’s miscarriages and abortions “with or without Congress,” and create a national anti-abortion coordinator. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Countries with restrictive abortion laws have higher rates of unsafe abortion and similar overall abortion rates compared to those where abortion is legal and available.
About 50 anti-abortion protesters crashed Walgreens’ annual shareholder meeting in Newport Coast, California, on Thursday over the chain’s that they’ll sell abortion pills in states where abortion isn’t banned.
Medication abortion already was the form of abortion, and since Roewas overturned, demand has surged for abortion pills.
An abortion-rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
Following that ruling, 14 states completely banned abortion—including medication abortion—and six states began requiring patients to see their physicians in person before getting prescriptions for abortion pills.
On the other hand, Harris presented abortion rights as the main focus throughout her campaign, pointing at the Republican nominee as a direct perpetrator of over 20 states’ abortion bans, referring to them as Trump's abortion bans during her speeches.
Prior to Dobbs, the rate of tubal ligation was stable across all three groups but higher in states with abortion bans relative to states with limited abortion rights and was lowest in states where abortion was protected.
Pro-abortion rights activists have sought to follow the path of supporters of abortion rights in Ohio, who last year successfully put an amendment to its state constitution defending abortion rights on the ballot, which passed.
She claimed that they would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion, enact a nationwide abortion ban, force states to report on women’s miscarriages and abortions “with or without Congress,” and create a national anti-abortion coordinator.
The National Abortion Federation, a professional association for abortion providers, reported a “sharp increase” in violence at abortion clinics in 2022.
To true pro-lifers, there is no moral difference between abortion at 16 weeks (Donald Trump’s position), abortion at 40 weeks (Kamala Harris), or an abortion somewhere in between (RFK), since all human life is equal in worth.
Biden supports abortion as a constitutional right, though the Catholic Church that abortion “constitutes a grave offense” and that a person who obtains an abortion is automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era.
Though Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative who votes fairly consistentlyto uphold abortion restrictions, cast the key fifth vote to strike down a Louisiana anti-abortion law, his opinion makes it clear that his views about abortion haven’t changed.
And, make no mistake: If the federally protected right to abortion access is eliminated, the current anti-abortion supermajority in the Ohio Legislature will compete in a race to the bottom to completely ban abortion.
If Roe is overturned, it will throw state abortion laws into chaos, and lawsuits over abortion rights (and abortion restrictions) will proliferate.
Medical abortion became an alternative to surgical abortion in the 1970s, with the medical abortion treatment that is used today, just two pills (mifepristone and misoprostol) becoming a medication regimen in the 1980s.
Randy Delorey said Thursday the province has taken steps to improve access to abortion services, including funding the abortion pill in November 2017 and giving Nova Scotians the option to self-refer for an abortion earlier this year.
Anti-abortion groups who favor greater legal restrictions on abortion, including complete prohibition, most often describe themselves as "pro-life" while abortion rights groups who are against such legal restrictions describe themselves as "pro-choice".
Countries considered to have significant practices of sex-selective abortion are those with birth sex ratios of 108 and above ( selective abortion of females ), and 102 and below (selective abortion of males).
Phrases with abortion
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with abortion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an abortion 39×
- abortion rights 33×
- to abortion 21×
- the abortion 18×
- abortion ban 18×
- on abortion 17×
- of abortion 15×
- abortion is 15×
- for abortion 13×
- abortion and 12×