abortionismn.
/əˈbɔːʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /əˈbɔːʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /əˈbɔrʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Originally: the practice of inducing abortion. In later use (depreciative): support for or advocacy for permitting induced abortion, esp. as a woman's right.Cf. anti-abortion adj. and pro-abortion adj. at pro- prefix1 2b(a)(i).
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1857 D. M. Reese Rep. on Infant Mortality in Large Cities 10 Very many ‘premature births and stillborn children’ are the result of mischiefs inflicted upon mother or child or both, by awkward or unskillful attempts at abortionism.
1946 Times 22 Mar. 4/6 Why should the beasts who wanted to bring them abortionism be spared?
1976 National Rev. (U.S.) 23 Jan. 31/2 First, abortion foes must point out that abortionism is indeed an ‘ism’, a creed quite as specific and aggressive as any creed its proponents denounce, demanding not only tolerance but legitimization.
1990 Jerusalem Post 23 Nov. 11/2 The suicidal nature of the permissive ethos gives abortionism the noble label of ‘freedom of choice’.
2003 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 8 Sept. 10 LIFE's approach to fighting abortionism is a simple one. We speak out against it, calmly and charitably.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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