induced abortion
- noun
- /ɪnˈdjuːst əˈbɔːrʃən/
- Specialized
- Many women may choose an induced abortion to terminate an unplanned pregnancy safely.
Examples
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CONCLUSION: Legal induced abortion is markedly safer than childbirth.
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Among this age group, pregnancy ends in spontaneous or induced abortion nearly as often as it ends in birth (Harlap et al., 1991).
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Many women only started using contraceptives after they had experienced an induced abortion.
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Most importantly, women who recently had an induced abortion may respond differently to questions about sexual behavior than other rural women without this experience.
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As noted above, pregnancy outside of marriage is prohibited, and induced abortion has been a common method of dealing with it (Straight 2005).
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The analysis was based on 40 in-depth interviews with young women who had undergone induced abortion, as well as information from focus group discussions.
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In Argentina, an estimated 40 percent of all pregnancies terminate in induced abortions.
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The mortality rate related to induced abortion was 0.6 deaths per 100,000 abortions.
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Nearly 18% of women had one or more induced abortions, while 35% and 41% experienced a stillbirth and a neonatal death, respectively.
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Antenatal fetal diagnosis, such as maternal alpha-fetoprotein screening and amniocentesis, is predicated on the availability of induced abortion.
Blog text (15)
Synonyms
Ending a pregnancy so it does not lead to the birth of a baby
Ending a pregnancy on purpose so the fetus does not continue to grow
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the deliberate termination of a pregnancy' is directly compositional: 'abortion' denotes termination of pregnancy and 'induced' specifies that it is caused or initiated intentionally (often medically). This modifier–noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Induced abortion uses induced, meaning 'caused on purpose', and abortion, meaning 'ending a pregnancy'. It paints a clear picture: doctors or medicine cause the pregnancy to stop, so it means a planned medical ending of a pregnancy.