noun
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a person who performs abortions, esp illegally
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a person who is in favour of abortion on demand
Etymology
Origin of abortionist
Example Sentences
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Her options were to induce an abortion herself or find a doctor or backstreet abortionist who would do it at a price.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Largely because these women placed advertisements in cheap papers, the woman physician became associated with the idea of the smarmy, greedy and untrained abortionist.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2022
“When he was arrested again, in Florida, the police, always glad to be of service, gave his instruments to another abortionist who was paying off at a higher rate,” the Village Voice reported.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2022
I was just an average college student, taking the bus into Detroit for an appointment with an abortionist.
From Washington Post • May 5, 2022
It seems to me that some of them must go in sheer dread to the abortionist.
From Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Various Aspects of the Problem of Abortion in New Zealand by McMillan, D. G. (David Gervan)
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