abortifacient
noun
abor·ti·fa·cient
ə-ˌbȯr-tə-ˈfā-shənt 
: an agent (such as a drug) that induces abortion
abortifacient
adjective
Examples of abortifacient in a Sentence
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Hidden in a suitcase are boxes of mifepristone and misoprostol, two abortifacients used in conjunction with one another.
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Carmen Valeria Escobar, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
Indeed, 19 states have already prohibited telemedicine visits for abortifacients.
—Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
Banks don’t operate on fishing vessels or dispense abortifacients.
—Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
Within 48 hours of taking mifepristone, the patient is instructed to take misoprostol, the second chemical abortifacient, to induce uterine contractions to expel the pregnancy.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2023
In all, at least a quarter of the channels appear to be hawking more than just abortifacients.
—WIRED, 23 June 2023
Like other prescription drugs, though, abortifacients are legal in some countries but not others.
—WIRED, 23 June 2023
In the 1930s there were some rulings around the Comstock Act that broadened its application to different kinds of birth control but at the same time limited how the law could be used if people were sending abortifacients for unlawful uses.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
This is the important context for the donnybrook over the abortifacient mifepristone, which the FDA has authorized through the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
—The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 9 Apr. 2023
Carmen Valeria Escobar, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
Indeed, 19 states have already prohibited telemedicine visits for abortifacients.
—Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
Banks don’t operate on fishing vessels or dispense abortifacients.
—Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
Within 48 hours of taking mifepristone, the patient is instructed to take misoprostol, the second chemical abortifacient, to induce uterine contractions to expel the pregnancy.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2023
In all, at least a quarter of the channels appear to be hawking more than just abortifacients.
—WIRED, 23 June 2023
Like other prescription drugs, though, abortifacients are legal in some countries but not others.
—WIRED, 23 June 2023
In the 1930s there were some rulings around the Comstock Act that broadened its application to different kinds of birth control but at the same time limited how the law could be used if people were sending abortifacients for unlawful uses.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
This is the important context for the donnybrook over the abortifacient mifepristone, which the FDA has authorized through the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
—The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 9 Apr. 2023
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abortifacient
1 of 2 adjective
abor·ti·fa·cient
ə-ˌbȯrt-ə-ˈfā-shənt
: inducing abortion
abortifacient
2 of 2 noun
: an agent (as a drug) that induces abortion
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