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单词 partial-birth abortion
释义

partial-birth abortion

noun

: dilation and extraction
… upholding a ban on so-called partial-birth abortion, a nonmedical term devised by the powerful antichoice lobby to attack a particular late-term abortion procedure. Edd Doerr

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Not a single Democratic candidate has expressed reservations about abortions, and a number of them have fought proposed restrictions on partial-birth abortions. Victor Davis Hanson, The Mercury News, 5 July 2019 More than policy shapes senators’ confirmation votes Collins was one of only three Republican senators who voted against the ban on partial-birth abortions, a 2003 law that prohibited certain late-term abortions. Michele L. Swers, Washington Post, 6 July 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1995, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

partial-birth abortion

noun

par·​tial-birth abortion ˈpär-shəl- How to pronounce partial-birth abortion (audio)
: dilation and extraction
Antiabortion-rights activists created an attention-getting, less clinical name for D&X—"partial-birth abortion" … Mary Leonard, The Boston Globe
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