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abortifacients

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for abortifacients.

Editorial note

Meanwhile, there are multiple lawsuits and laws trying to prevent the mailing of abortifacients and/or revoking FDA approvals for abortifacients.

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Quick take

(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of abortifacients gathered in one view.

noun

(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for abortifacients.

noun

(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.

Example sentences

1

Meanwhile, there are multiple lawsuits and laws trying to prevent the mailing of abortifacients and/or revoking FDA approvals for abortifacients.

2

White people in these countries are, on average, more educated and have better access to contraceptives and abortifacients.

3

Multiple republican think tanks push the idea that contraceptives kill babies and should be banned as abortifacients.

4

Perfectly legal in Australia and well within the range that Saint Hildegard of Bingen prepared and administered abortifacients [1].

5

Eh, Rome had widespread use of abortifacients, only falling after they had harvested those plants into extinction.

6

No - historically the Comstock laws in the US banned distribution of contraceptives and contraception information and abortifacients and information on abortion.

7

What a beautiful political anschluss between people who just want to ban contraceptives and abortifacients, and people who just want to shoot up heroin.

8

Once I do, I will mail abortifacients to anyone I know who needs it, including people who reach out to me online.

9

That's a reason to deny people the right to procreate with near family members but that doesn't prevent any sexual actions (because for example abortifacients could be used).

10

Well, ditto the past - not only were diet and other conditions harsher, the Church was happy to prescribe, mix, prepare and administer abortifacients.

11

Hobby Lobby refused to pay for any health insurance plan that covered contraception because they believed them to be abortifacients and contrary to the christian values of the corporation.

12

Contraception and abortifacients have existed for millennia.

Quote examples

1

Women have a long history of using abortifacients to terminate pregnancy, so there's nothing "natural" or inevitable about forced birth.

2

"Contraception and abortifacients have existed for millennia." Yes, but not reliably (for contraception) or safely (for abortifacients), and by their nature, 80% reliable contraception is of dubious utility.

3

Meanwhile, the push to classify some methods (morning-after pill & IUDs), which may prevent fertilized eggs from implanting, as "abortifacients" and therefore subject to the abortion bans now active in many states, has been going on for years but is picking up steam.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use abortifacients in a sentence?

Meanwhile, there are multiple lawsuits and laws trying to prevent the mailing of abortifacients and/or revoking FDA approvals for abortifacients.

What does abortifacients mean?

(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.

What part of speech is abortifacients?

abortifacients is commonly used as noun.