abortion-inducing drug
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6.5
- noun
- Specialized
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fármaco abortivo
- Consider the Health and Human Services mandate, which he approves, that imposes the purchase of contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs on Catholics, thereby violating their constitutionally guaranteed right to religious liberty.
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The mandate has generated massive opposition from pro-life groups because it forces employers, regardless of their religious or moral convictions, to provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception under threat of heavy penalties.
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In July, a committee of advisors to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency approve for marketing the abortion-inducing drug RU-486, or mifepristone.
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Providing insurance that allows for abortion-inducing drugs does this.
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Perfectly effective abortion-inducing drugs are available over the counter in Mexico.
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Under the HHS mandate, employers must provide insurance coverage that includes abortion-inducing drugs, as well as contraceptives and sterilization procedures.
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Missouri: In May, the House adopted a bill that would allow health care providers and institutions to refuse to perform, assist, or provide referrals for services related to abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, and contraception.
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They believe the administration's mandate that religious employers provide abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception is unconstitutional.
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Stronger attacks on the administration's policies, such as a requirement that religious organizations provide their employees with health care coverage that she said included abortion-inducing drugs, would have attracted more support from uncommitted voters, Dannenfelser argued.
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The HHS mandate refers to regulations adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services that force employers, regardless of their religious convictions, to provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception under threat of heavy penalties.
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The abortion-inducing drug caused the pregnancy to terminate within hours of taking it.
Synonyms
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4.9
A drug taken to end an early pregnancy without surgery
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7.7
A medicine used to end an early pregnancy by stopping a hormone that keeps the pregnancy
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9.7
A medicine that ends early pregnancy by stopping a hormone the body needs
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9.9
A drug or substance that causes an early end to a pregnancy
A drug that makes a pregnancy end before birth
Surface Forms
Morphology
abortion-inducing + drug
The meaning is directly compositional: 'abortion-inducing' literally means 'causing an abortion' and when combined with 'drug' yields 'a drug that causes an abortion'. This adjective-noun construction follows standard English word-formation patterns and has clear equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Abortion-inducing drug combines abortion, meaning 'the end of a pregnancy', with inducing, meaning 'to cause' or start something, and drug, meaning a medicine. It shows the simple idea of a medicine that 'causes' a pregnancy to end, so the phrase means a drug that makes an abortion happen.