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- Dictionaryabort/əˈbɔːt/
verb
- 1. carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus): "the decision to abort the fetus" Similar
- 2. bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault: "the flight crew aborted the take-off" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an act of aborting a flight, space mission, or other enterprise: informal, technical "an abort because of bad weather"
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ABORT definition: 1. to cause something to stop or fail before it begins or before it is complete: 2. to stop the…. Learn more.
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ABORT meaning: 1. to cause something to stop or fail before...
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abort definicja: 1. to cause something to stop or fail...
- English (US)
1. a. : to induce the abortion of or give birth to prematurely. b. : to terminate the pregnancy of before term. 2. a. : to terminate prematurely : cancel. abort a project.
Abort definition: to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is viable; miscarry.. See examples of ABORT used in a sentence.
To abort something is to end it. When something is aborted, it's finished. In a movie, you may have seen people on some kind of mission yelling " Abort! Abort !" That means "Stop!" When you abort a plan or activity, you're ending it, usually prematurely.
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- Consequences of Inaccessible Quality Abortion Care
- Expanding Quality Abortion Care
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Around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year. Six out of 10 (61%) of all unintended pregnancies, and 3 out of 10 (29%) of all pregnancies, end in induced abortion (1). Comprehensive abortion care is included in the list of essential health care servicespublished by WHO in 2020. Abortion is a simple health care intervention tha...
When carried out using a method recommended by WHO appropriate to the pregnancy duration, and by someone with the necessary skills, abortion is a safe health care intervention (5). However, when people with unintended pregnancies face barriers to attaining safe, timely, affordable, geographically reachable, respectful and non-discriminatory abortio...
Lack of access to safe, affordable, timely and respectful abortion care, and the stigma associated with abortion, pose risks to women’s physical and mental well-being throughout the life-course. Inaccessibility of quality abortion care risks violating a range of human rights of women and girls, including the right to life; the right to the highest ...
Evidence shows that restricting access to abortions does not reduce the number of abortions (1); however, it does affect whether the abortions that women and girls attain are safe and dignified. The proportion of unsafe abortions are significantly higher in countries with highly restrictive abortion laws than in countries with less restrictive laws...
WHO provides global technical and policy guidance on the use of contraception to prevent unintended pregnancy, provision of information on abortion care, abortion management (including miscarriage, induced abortion, incomplete abortion and fetal death) and post-abortion care. In 2022, WHO published an updated, consolidated guideline on abortion car...
Definition of 'abort' Word Frequency. Share. ×. Credits. ×. abort. (əbɔːʳt) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense aborts, present participle aborting, past tense, past participle aborted. 1.verb. If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive. [formal]
[intransitive] (specialist) to give birth to a child or young animal too early for it to survive. The virus can cause pregnant animals to abort. see also miscarry. [intransitive, transitive] to end or cause something to end before it has been completed, especially because it is likely to fail.
