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abortuary, n. derogatory (orig. and chiefly N. Amer.).
Brit. |əˈbɔːtjʊəri|, |əˈbɔːtjʊri|, |əˈbɔːtʃʊəri|, |əˈbɔːtʃ(ʊ)ri|, U.S. |əˈbɔrtʃəˌwɛri|
[Blend of abort v. and mortuary n.]
In the language of anti-abortion campaigners: a clinic in which abortions are performed.
1983Globe & Mail (Toronto) 4 June a2/3 That's what the battle is all about: closing down this abortuary. 1985J. M. Scheidler Closed: 99 Ways to stop Abortion xlvii. 181 Samples of ‘inflammatory rhetoric’ that pro-lifers must use at appropriate times to counter pro-abortion jargon are: ‘holocaust’, for America's abortion culture, ‘abortuary’ or ‘death camp’, to describe the abortion clinic. 1995Catholic Insight Apr. 3/1 Turning to the question of violence against abortionists, how would people view some of the recent attacks if the abortuary were, let us say, an over-75 ‘removal centre’? 2001Australian (Nexis) 19 July 11 We right to lifers..[have] reached out to help post-aborted women grieving for their lost children and protested peacefully outside these abortuaries. |