堕胎 — meaning in English

duò tāi

English meaning

abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
abortive adj Born too early, before it was fully formed, and so seeming unnatural.
miscarriage noun The loss of a pregnancy before the baby can survive outside the womb.
termination noun The act of ending something, or the state of having ended.

堕胎 is used for these senses in English:

abort (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
abortion An induced abortion.
abortive (obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the mid 18th century.]
miscarriage (medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]
termination (medical) An induced abortion.

verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.

noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
noun A pregnancy that ends naturally and too early to produce a surviving baby; a miscarriage.
noun The failure or collapse of a plan, project, or process partway through.