ABORTION-ON-DEMAND Definition & Meaning

abortion-on-demand

[ uh-bawr-shuhn-on-di-mand, -mahnd, -awn- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the right of a woman to have an abortion during the first six months of a pregnancy.
an abortion performed on a woman solely at her own request.

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Origin of abortion-on-demand¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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Example Sentences

“The groups behind Issue 1, including the ACLU, clearly missed the memo: abortion-on-demand up until birth is too extreme for Ohioans. Period.”

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“It really leaves the door open to abortion-on-demand,” she said.

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The Republican National Committee said Democrats are out of step with the public in pushing abortion-on-demand policies and should be ready to approve reasonable limits on the procedure.

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Yet Republicans say Democrats are out of step with the public in pushing abortion-on-demand policies and should be ready to approve reasonable limits on the procedure.

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James Mumford, an author who studies political theology, modern Catholic social thought, and bioethics, told BBC Two’s “Newsnight” on Monday that England had an “extreme abortion-on-demand culture.”

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