pro-life

English

Adjective

pro-life (comparative more pro-life, superlative most pro-life)

1. Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances.
   1. (chiefly US) Opposed to the advocacy, practice, or legalization of abortion.
   2. (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of euthanasia.
   3. (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of capital punishment.

Synonyms

• antichoice

Derived terms

• pro-lifer
• pro-lifeism

Translations

believing that life should be protected

opposed to abortion

• French: pro-vie (fr)
• German: Anti-Abtreibungs- (de)

• Spanish: anitabortista (es)

See also

• pro-choice
• right to choose

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