antiabortionism

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A form of anti-abortionism — An ideology or policy of opposition to the practice and/or legalization of abortion.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounantiabortionism (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of anti-abortionism.

    Opposition to contraception was not derived from antiabortionism, which reacted to a common practice in surrounding culture, but arose rather in response to problems in the Christian community.

    1982, Michael J. Gorman, Abortion & the Early Church: Christian, Jewish & Pagan Attitudes in the Greco-Roman World, InterVarsity Press, →ISBN, page 81
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