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anti-abortion

British  

adjective

  1. opposed to abortion

    anti-abortion activists

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • anti-abortionist noun

Example Sentences

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Botha claims that a growing number of her peers are interested in the anti-abortion movement.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Before, anti-contraception claims often borrowed from an anti-abortion strategy first forged in the 1990s.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2025

Yet, in late 2021, Newby wrote an opinion in an adoption case without disclosing his connection to one of the parties: Amazing Grace Adoptions, the anti-abortion adoption agency he’d founded in 1999.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

But whatever the process chosen, anti-abortion laws were regularly flouted, broken on average a million times a year.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2024

The Casper College mechanical engineering student had shown no sign of anti-abortion views on social media but told investigators she opposed abortion.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023