abortable

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English

Etymology

From abort +‎ -able.

Adjective

abortable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being aborted.
    • 1994 June 26, Susan Chira, “Hers: When Hope Died”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 May 2013:
      I spent weeks after my miscarriage trying to understand. . . . Had I lost a baby, or "just" a 16-week fetus, not viable outside the womb, abortable under law?

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