antiabortion

American  

[an-tee-uh-bawr-shuhn, an-tahy-] / ˌæn ti əˈbɔr ʃən, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

1. opposed to abortion or the legalization of abortion.

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noun

1. opposition to abortion, especially legalized abortion.

Other Word Forms

• antiabortionist noun

Etymology

Origin of antiabortion

First recorded in 1965–70; anti- + abortion

Example Sentences

In a 9-0 decision, the justices said these antiabortion activists had no standing to sue.

From Los Angeles Times

Jackson Women’s Health Organization last year, the Justice Department noted in its analysis, since mifepristone has nonabortion uses and since even states with the strictest antiabortion laws allowed the procedure to save the life of the mother, it would be almost impossible to establish that a sender intended that it be used unlawfully.

From Los Angeles Times

Those include his co-founding of the Amazing Parish, a national consulting firm to help improve parishes, and major donations to the causes of campus evangelization, antiabortion, anti-poverty and religious education.

From Washington Post

By chance, L.R. and members of her Catholic school group visited the Archives at the same time that other antiabortion demonstrators entered the building to view the Constitution and Bill of Rights and ran into similar trouble with security guards, the complaint says.

From Washington Post

L.R. said that when she went into the Archives’s gift shop, she observed at least three Archives employees confronting other visitors about their antiabortion messages, although she also saw that items such as rainbow-colored gay rights pins and T-shirts were on sale.

From Washington Post