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abortion

[uh-bawr-shuhn] / əˈbɔr ʃən /
NOUN
termination of pregnancy
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NOUN
unsuccessful attempt
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Mr. Mungiu, a Romanian, won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for this work, and also won it for his 2007 abortion drama, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

They added that "all major abortion providers offer counselling and advice on the options available".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Rather than a typical medical clinic, it provides women with access to resources, including pills, and a space to be able to seek support or carry out the pharmacological abortion.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Doctors who reviewed the case for ProPublica all told the news outlet that, given Walker’s medical risks, she should have been offered an abortion.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Minnie says she’s going down to Florida to see a doctor her boyfriend knows and get herself an abortion.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

But studies have found that ectopic rates are far lower among people who seek medication abortions than in the general population.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

For Steinem, though, it became a passion only after she covered a meeting during which women opened up about their illegal abortions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Indiana acknowledged that Planned Parenthood was facilitating legal abortions.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

In other cases reported in US media, cops used Flock to track women who had abortions -- illegal in several US states.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

Could she check the clinic’s records and see if Bebe Chow’s name appeared in the list of recent abortions?

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng


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