How to say "abortion" in Japanese

• 中絶ちゅうぜつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers abortion in its core sense, the deliberate ending of a pregnancy. Use it when talking about someone having or considering an abortion, or about abortion as a medical and social issue.
  その無所属むしょぞく候補者こうほしゃは中絶ちゅうぜつ問題もんだいを公約こうやくからはずしました。↗

  The independent candidate took the abortion issue off his platform.
• 堕胎だたいCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA synonym for abortion that puts the fetus, rather than the pregnancy, at the center of the picture; it also covers feticide, the killing of a fetus, and suits legal or ethical discussion of abortion.

Both are common words for abortion: 中絶 is the straightforward choice when you mean ending a pregnancy, while 堕胎, a close synonym, also covers feticide, the killing of the fetus.

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• 中絶ちゅうぜつabortion
• 堕胎だたいabortion
• 人工流産じんこうりゅうざんabortion
• 妊娠中絶にんしんちゅうぜつabortion
• アボーションabortion
• 流産りゅうざんmiscarriage