pro-choice

See also: prochoice

English

Etymology

pro- +‎ choice

Adjective

pro-choice

1. (public policy, law, ethics) Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.
2. (public policy, law, ethics) Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to end their life by euthanasia.
3. (public policy, law, ethics) Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not they wish to own guns.
4. Supportive in general of a person's right to choose; supportive of self-determination, self-ownership, bodily integrity and individual sovereignty.
   • 2010, Sara Hayden, Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice, page 102

     Individualism, self-determination, and pro-choice rhetorics are additional cultural discourses that play into this experience as well: the ability to make your own choices in life and to be able to succeed with those choices is the quintessential American dream.

Translations

supportive of abortion rights

• French: pro-choix (fr)
• Georgian: არჩევანის მომხრე (arčevanis momxre)
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• German: Abtreibungs-

See also

• pro-life