abortion law
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3.7
- noun
- /əˈbɔrʃən lɔ/
:
ley del aborto
- Regardless, Ireland's abortion laws allow direct abortion if the mother's life is at risk.
- a new abortion law
So her deal is we're going to give the Justice Department oversight over state abortion laws.
- So her deal is we're going to give the Justice Department oversight over state abortion laws.
- There is a recreational cruelty about these abortion bans and these restrictions on abortion laws.
- Any policy of any scope from affirmative action to gun laws to abortion laws is going to have some winners and losers.
- This was the speaker of the House for Arizona when their abortion law was passed, which is now in effect three days after the legislative session ended.
Examples
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Between 1967 and 1971, seventeen states either repealed or substantially liberalized their abortion laws.
Academic text (2008) -
Blue states, on the other hand, wouldn't be any more liberal in their abortion laws than they are now.
Blog text (7) -
We're talking about how to change abortion laws and practices in Ireland.
Blog text (19) -
The abortion laws must be changed to protect the right to life yet still somehow maintain women's freedom of choice.
Fiction book (2000) -
In one fell swoop, the court made unconstitutional every abortion law in the country.
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It's worth noting the abortion laws in California are such that a woman can choose to have an abortion up to a baby's viability.
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Ireland's abortion laws are among the strictest in Europe, with only Malta's absolute ban more forthright.
Blog text (7) -
It has long been recognized that restrictive abortion laws operate to discriminate against indigent women.
Academic text (2017) -
Changes to abortion law in many countries can spark intense debates about women's rights.
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In some regions, abortion law is influenced by religious beliefs and cultural attitudes.
Synonyms
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1.0
A rule made by a government that people must follow
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'abortion' (termination of pregnancy) + 'law' (a statute or regulation): together they naturally denote the legal rules governing abortion. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common noun + noun or noun phrase construction, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Abortion law comes from joining abortion (the act of 'ending a pregnancy') and law (official 'rules'). So, it makes a clear picture: rules about when abortion is allowed or not, which is why the phrase means 'the laws about abortion'.