Sentences with 'abortion'
Example sentences and phrases with the word abortion and other words derived from it.
• « Second-wave feminists took the demand for liberation a step further and advocated reliable, legal contraception and the legalisation of abortion. Both were illegal in most of the Western world until the 1950s, and even in countries such as Britain and the Netherlands, where contraception was legally available, it was difficult to obtain and associated with promiscuity. »
• « Confused, Harold tried to be friendly and remarked, "I understand there is reason to congratulate them". There was an awkward silence. Then his wife reminded him that the neighbour had just had an abortion. "Now," Harold observes, "if I feel shocked at the moment and don't know what to do, I count to ten before I open my mouth. »