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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

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A pastor she’d known since childhood defended her on Facebook against anti-abortion attacks.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

He leaves just over a year later, facing criticism from all angles, including from pharmaceutical executives, tobacco lobbyists, and anti-abortion activists.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

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

In the 1990s, anti-abortion activists got a leaked copy of a paper that was presented at the annual conference of the National Abortion Federation describing a procedure called dilation and extraction.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024

But he acknowledged there were couples with anti-abortion views who had used IVF to have children, and said he would never condemn them.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

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