baby killer

1. A pejorative term for someone who advocates for, supports, performs, or has had an abortion. Primarily heard in US. The mob gathered around the clinic, shouting "Baby killers!" at anyone entering or leaving the building. How can you call them baby killers when you know nothing about their life circumstances or situation? If they're going to make a scene and call my patients baby killers, then I'm calling the police.

2. A pejorative term for a soldier returning from war, used by those who oppose said war. Although the phrase was commonly applied to US soldiers returning from the Vietnam War, it has since fallen out of favor. Primarily heard in US. She called me a baby killer as I stepped off the plane, which really hurt because I had been enlisted and didn't want to go to war. Why is it that we're baby killers, but the guys coming back from World War II were heroes? Traumatized soldiers returned from Vietnam to a hostile homeland that derided them as baby killers.