lunchtime abortion
lunchtime abortion noun: a conveniently available abortion, performed under local anesthetic soon after the onset of pregnancy.
Noun
lunchtime abortion (plural lunchtime abortions)
- A conveniently available abortion, performed under local anesthetic soon after the onset of pregnancy.
- Aitken testified, "In recent years I personally have been involved in fights to prevent the State Health Service from closing down baby care facilities and opening 'lunchtime abortion clinics' instead."1983, Family Protection Report, volume 5
- Abortion became so much easier. I remember Germaine Greer wildly proclaiming to the women of the world that here was another new thing that was going to liberate women further, and that was the lunchtime abortion.1986, Mary Kenny, Abortion: the whole story, page 287
Forms of lunchtime abortion
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Origin of lunchtime abortion
So called because the procedure might conceivably be performed within the patient's lunchbreak.
Questions about lunchtime abortion
- What does lunchtime abortion mean?
- Lunchtime abortion means a conveniently available abortion, performed under local anesthetic soon after the onset of pregnancy.
- What part of speech is lunchtime abortion?
- Lunchtime abortion is a noun.
- What is the plural of lunchtime abortion?
- The plural of lunchtime abortion is lunchtime abortions.
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