abortion
Ended pregnancy procedure
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.
The term covers both induced procedures and spontaneous loss (miscarriage).
Abortion is among the most politically divisive topics in American life, with debate centering on when personhood begins and whether women have a right to end pregnancies.
She had an abortion at eight weeks.
In extended use, an abortion is something badly botched or monstrous: The building was an abortion of clashing styles.
Act of ending something
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- fetusGestating offspring
- embryoOrganism before birth
gestation · trimester · miscarriage · spontaneous · surgical · medication · clinic · provider
Related to producing offspring
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- pro-choiceSupporting legal abortion access
- privacyFreedom from observation
- consentVoluntary agreement given
accessibility · self-determination · legislation · constitutional · legal · decriminalization · healthcare · sovereignty
Right and wrong principles
- debateFormal argument on issues
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- polarizingCausing sharp division
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
viability · personhood · conscience · dilemma · philosophy · religious · secular · sanctity
Against elective pregnancy termination
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- personhoodStatus as a person
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- restrictionLimit on action
ban · criminalization · conscience · objection · abstinence · adoption · ultrasound · reversal
Being without something
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
trauma · healing · recovery · support · counseling · remembrance · closure · processing
All inhabitants combined
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- contraceptionPregnancy prevention measures
- MalthusianismBelief resources limit population
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
urbanization · statistics · incidence · access · disparity · socioeconomic · global · developing
Public expression of disapproval
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- advocacyPleading for a cause
campaign · lobbying · grassroots · petition · mobilization · legislation · picket · ballot
termination
Act of ending something
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- fetusGestating offspring
embryo · gestation · trimester · miscarriage · spontaneous · surgical · medication · clinic · provider · obstetrics
reproductive
Related to producing offspring
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- pro-choiceSupporting legal abortion access
- privacyFreedom from observation
consent · accessibility · self-determination · legislation · constitutional · legal · decriminalization · healthcare · sovereignty · agency
morality
Right and wrong principles
- debateFormal argument on issues
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- polarizingCausing sharp division
bioethics · viability · personhood · conscience · dilemma · philosophy · religious · secular · sanctity · autonomy
pro-life
Against elective pregnancy termination
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- personhoodStatus as a person
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
restriction · ban · criminalization · conscience · objection · abstinence · adoption · ultrasound · reversal
loss
Being without something
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
anguish · trauma · healing · recovery · support · counseling · remembrance · closure · processing · ambivalence
population
All inhabitants combined
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- contraceptionPregnancy prevention measures
- MalthusianismBelief resources limit population
demographics · urbanization · statistics · incidence · access · disparity · socioeconomic · global · developing · policy
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
advocacy · campaign · lobbying · grassroots · petition · mobilization · legislation · picket · ballot · referendum
- bioethicsbioethics, medical ethics, genetic engineering, beneficence, non-maleficence
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, childbirth, male infertility, fertility rates
- women's healthgynecologist, gynecology, menstruation, OB-GYN, period
- women's rightssuffrage movement, women's suffrage, women's rights, gender equality, feminism
- controversial practicescapital punishment, death penalty, euthanasia, torture, human trafficking
abortionbirth
Coming into the world
live birth · childbirth · delivery · carrying to term · nativity
abortioncompletion
Act of finishing
consummation · fulfillment · success · realization · fruition
abortionpro-life
Against elective pregnancy termination
antiabortion · right-to-life · antiabortionist · right to life · abortion ban
- abortion debateConflict over ending pregnancies
- abortion rightsFreedom to terminate pregnancy
- abortion clinicFacility providing pregnancy termination
- abortion lawsStatutes regulating pregnancy termination
- abortion banLaw forbidding pregnancy termination
- abortion pillsDrugs terminating early pregnancy
abortive, aborting, abortions, abortionist, antiabortion, antiabortionist, abortion pill