abortifacient

[ uh-bawr-tuh-fey-shuhnt ]

adjective

1. causing abortion.

noun

1. a drug or device used to cause abortion:

   a biochemical abortifacient in pill form.

abortifacient

/ əˌbɔːtɪˈfeɪʃənt /

adjective

1. causing abortion

noun

1. a drug or agent that causes abortion

Word History and Origins

Origin of abortifacient¹

First recorded in 1870–75; abort + -i- + -facient ( def )

Example Sentences

Benjamin Franklin even included a recipe for an abortifacient in a math textbook, of all places.

From Los Angeles Times

Republican Missouri state senator Bill Eigel posted on X that the singer should be "ashamed" for handing out an "abortifacient", a drug which causes abortion.

From BBC

Peg Yorkin, the longtime L.A. activist and feminist philanthropist who pushed to bring the abortifacient mifepristone to the U.S., has died at 96.

From Los Angeles Times

Cassidy sponsored legislation, SB1344, that would require any company selling accident or health insurance in Illinois to provide coverage for abortifacients - drugs that interrupt pregnancies - hormonal therapy or immunodeficiency virus preventives.

From Washington Times

Cassidy sponsored legislation, SB1344, that would require any company selling accident or health insurance in Illinois to provide coverage for abortifacients — drugs that interrupt pregnancies — hormonal therapy or immunodeficiency virus preventives.

From Seattle Times