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abortifacient

[ uh-bawr-tuh-fey-shuhnt ]

adjective

  1. causing abortion.


noun

  1. a drug or device used to cause abortion:

    a biochemical abortifacient in pill form.

abortifacient

/ əˌɔːɪˈڱɪʃəԳ /

adjective

  1. causing abortion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a drug or agent that causes abortion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of abortifacient1

First recorded in 1870–75; abort + -i- + -facient ( def )
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Example Sentences

“And this injury is likewise redressable by a court order holding unlawful and setting aside approval of that abortifacient drug.”

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Benjamin Franklin even included a recipe for an abortifacient in a math textbook, of all places.

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Republican Missouri state senator Bill Eigel posted on X that the singer should be "ashamed" for handing out an "abortifacient", a drug which causes abortion.

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Peg Yorkin, the longtime L.A. activist and feminist philanthropist who pushed to bring the abortifacient mifepristone to the U.S., has died at 96.

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Cassidy sponsored legislation, SB1344, that would require any company selling accident or health insurance in Illinois to provide coverage for abortifacients - drugs that interrupt pregnancies - hormonal therapy or immunodeficiency virus preventives.

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