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  • verb Present participle of abort.

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Examples

  • I decided the only thing to do was to begin aborting squash fetus by eating as many squash blossoms as I could.

    Feeling Posh while Impoverished Sarah Lenz 2008

  • Could there be a case where a woman was not raped … nevertheless be perfectly moral in aborting?

    Punishment 2008

  • I decided the only thing to do was to begin aborting squash fetus by eating as many squash blossoms as I could.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Sarah Lenz 2008

  • He advanced the idea of aborting every black baby in this country if you wanted to reduce crime.

    Who Should Replace Imus? 2007

  • In truth, not even the most passionately pro-choice individual supports the idea of aborting rather than delivering viable fetuses.

    Out of the mouths of pro-aborts Suzanne 2006

  • Why would a passionate poor-choicer not support the idea of aborting a viable fetus?

    Out of the mouths of pro-aborts Suzanne 2006

  • If he calls aborting a child, 'family planning,' what will city planning be? "

    LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines 2009

  • If he calls aborting a child, 'family planning,' what will city planning be? "

    LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines 2009

  • He was medevacked to a hospital in Greenland, where, Hooper recalled for National Geographic, he broached the idea of aborting the trip.

    CNN.com 2009

  • He was medevacked to a hospital in Greenland, where, Hooper recalled for National Geographic, he broached the idea of aborting the trip.

    CNN.com 2009

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