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abortion

noun as in termination of pregnancy

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noun as in unsuccessful attempt

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Japan's conservative views on abortion are rooted in patriarchy and deeply traditional views on the role of women.

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Wade, the landmark 1973 case that established a constitutional right to an abortion.

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Roberts has also pushed the Constitution to the right and handed conservatives wins on abortion, guns, the environment, voting rights and the regulatory state that scarcely could have been imagined 20 years ago.

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Someone who says ‘I’m against abortion, but I’m in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States’—I don’t know if that’s pro-life.”

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His record held few clues for how he’d rule in abortion cases or other hot-button issues.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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