abortifacient

noun

abor·ti·fa·cient | \ ə-ˌbȯr-tə-ˈfā-shənt

Definition of abortifacient

: an agent (such as a drug) that induces abortion

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In 2016 the foundation filed a judicial protest, signed by 100 Maltese women, claiming that the nationwide ban of the morning-after pill (which is not abortifacient) was a violation of their human rights. — The Economist, "Malta is the last EU country to have a full ban on abortion," 27 July 2019 Nowhere in any of its representations in court does the university distinguish between its sincerely held religious beliefs regarding contraception and those regarding abortifacients. — Elizabeth Kirk, National Review, "The Notre Dame Compromise," 10 Feb. 2018 The rule on moral objections cited a case brought against the Obama administration in 2015 by the March for Life, an antiabortion group that contends certain types of emergency contraception could be abortifacients. — Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, "Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama Rule on Birth-Control Coverage," 6 Oct. 2017 These groups also alleged that the mandate required them to subsidize abortifacients—even though the contraception in question did not, in fact, induce abortions. — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, "Our Bodies, Their Choice," 6 Oct. 2017 This fake science also justifies the use of abortifacients and early human embryos in experimental research in human cloning, embryonic-stem-cell therapy, and genetic engineering, including synthetic biology, nanotechnology, and gene splicing. — Brooke Stanton, National Review, "Sofia Vergara and the Fraudulent Science of ‘Pre-embryos’," 5 Sep. 2017 Catholic moralists oppose the administration of methotrexate as an abortifacient even in the case of ectopic pregnancy, and Catholic hospitals do not provide it as a treatment. — Joanna Petrone, Longreads, "Pregnant, then Ruptured," 18 Aug. 2017

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