0 the intentional ending of a pregnancy: --
1 a failure: --
Her husband longed for children, and she had an abortion without telling him.
Some women choose to have an abortion rather than care for a severely disabled child.
Many women die or become infertile as a result of unsafe abortions.
We're conducting a poll to find out what people think about abortion.
This change in the law would make abortion illegal except for strictly defined medical reasons.