A surgical or medicinal procedure that terminates a pregnancy by removing the fetus; a therapeutic abortion. It is a non-contraceptive form of birth control.

A medical, rather than surgical, abortion induced by a drug.

plural of abortion pill

(medicine) A miscarriage.

(US, politics, derogatory) pro-choice

(US, politics, derogatory) A person with pro-choice views.

Alternative spelling of proabortion

plural of pro-abort

(medicine) A tubal abortion occurring near the ampulla of the oviduct.

(medicine) The third (or later) of a set of spontaneous abortions that occur simultaneously.