Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Opposed to abortion:
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- adjective Opposed to the practice of
abortion . - adjective Opposed to the
legalization of abortion.
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
Hear, Hear 2007
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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.
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While we admittedly do not have hard data to test this hypothesis, we strongly suspect that the antiabortion movement has benefited from the improvement in ultrasound quality.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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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.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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No buildings were firebombed, nor did the Republican Party decide to define itself as "pro-life" and fight every election, local, state, and national, by declaring its antiabortion credentials.
Frank Schaeffer: The Abortion Wars Will Never Go Away (A Former "Pro-Life" Crusader Reconsiders) Frank Schaeffer 2011
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Planned Parenthood suspected that the hoaxer had ties to Live Action, an antiabortion activist group run by Lila Rose, a sometime O'Keefe partner-in-undercover-stinging.
Peter Hart: Pimps and Prostitutes... Again? Peter Hart 2011
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The 1970s Evangelical antiabortion movement that my father -- evangelical leader Francis Schaeffer -- Dr. C.
Frank Schaeffer: The Abortion Wars Will Never Go Away (A Former "Pro-Life" Crusader Reconsiders) Frank Schaeffer 2011
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After being strongly in favor of abortion rights more than a decade ago, Mr. Romney has now adopted a strongly antiabortion stance.
Romney Finding Support Where Women Hold Sway Neil King Jr. 2012
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The 1970s Evangelical antiabortion movement that my father -- evangelical leader Francis Schaeffer -- Dr. C.
Frank Schaeffer: The Abortion Wars Will Never Go Away (A Former "Pro-Life" Crusader Reconsiders) Frank Schaeffer 2011
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No buildings were firebombed, nor did the Republican Party decide to define itself as "pro-life" and fight every election, local, state, and national, by declaring its antiabortion credentials.
Frank Schaeffer: The Abortion Wars Will Never Go Away (A Former "Pro-Life" Crusader Reconsiders) Frank Schaeffer 2011
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