abortifacient
IPA: ʌbɔrtʌfˈeɪʃʌnt
noun
- (pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
adjective
- (pharmacology) Producing miscarriage.
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Examples of "abortifacient" in Sentences
- And yet here it is listed an abortifacient.
- The new compounds have abortifacient activity.
- In the ancient world it saw use as an abortifacient.
- The plants are also sometimes used as abortifacient.
- An abortifacient is a substance that induces abortion.
- It is also cited as an antispasmodic and abortifacient.
- Therefore, the contraceptive pill is not an abortifacient.
- The herb Pennyroyal is sometimes used as an abortifacient.
- Apparently you have never heard of the term abortifacient?
- An abortifacient is not a substance that simply ends human life.
- Decoctions of leaves are also used for indigestion and abortifacient.
- One may claim that it is an an abortifacient if one defines pregnancy at conception.
- Taking herbs like pennyroyal—known as an abortifacient—can be dangerous without expert guidance.
- So you see, one can claim that a drug is not an abortifacient if one defines pregnancy at implantation of the blastocyst.
- In the first instance it was shown that the use of so-called abortifacient drugs was extensively practised and was usually a first resort.
- It's true that some abortion opponents say the pill, along other forms of birth control, is an abortifacient, which is a drug that induces abortion.
- But instead I suffered through that Vaseline ad with the female vocalist clicking her tongue like an experimental psychiatry enthusiast and that absolute abortifacient which is the soundtrack to the Ford Kuga ad.
- Also Randy Alcorn, a well-known pro-life apologist and Protestant pastor, published a booklet in 1998 in which he gave the reasons for why the pill is an abortifacient and he has actually counselled couples in his ministry against using the pill for that reason.
- (the term "abortifacient birth control" is a codephrase in the dominionist "pro-life" community for hormonal birth control -- partly due to a unique urban legend claiming "the pill" and other hormonal birth control causes abortion and partly because of a unique definition of pregnancy beginning at conception rather than at implantation (the latter is what most mainstream OB / GYNs use) and thus making anything preventing implantation potentially "abortifacient").
- The question of a woman's right to choose is going to be a basic issue of the upcoming election with the recent position of the Bush administration grouping birth control with abortion and McCain's VP selection of Sarah Palin who belongs to a group called Feminists for Life, their idea of feminism being outlawing both abortion and what they call abortifacient birth control which pretty much includes everything except rhythm and prayer they even object to condoms because they feel that form of male birth control usually becomes the woman's responsibility.