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abortion

[uh-bawr-shuhn] / əˈbɔr ʃən /
NOUN
termination of pregnancy
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NOUN
unsuccessful attempt
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"Abortion has been so hidden and taboo in Faroese society. When we started our work, no one dared to talk about it. It has gotten much better," she says.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

A Planned Parenthood volunteer told abortion rights newsletter Abortion, Every Day that Baumgartner is regularly outside the Planned Parenthood and has a history of “aggression with patients.”

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025

Appeared in the October 3, 2025, print edition as 'FDA Approves New Generic Version of Abortion Pill'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

The staff at the National Abortion Federation told us patients who brought two bigger suitcases or tried to pack a whole bottle of shampoo.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

Abortion was, and still is, illegal in Iran, but women were either able to find medical practitioners willing to perform one or would take the back-alley route.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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