right to life

See also: right-to-life

English

Noun

right to life

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see right,‎ life.
2. (public policy, law, ethics) The right of a human being to the continuation of his or her life.
3. (US, public policy, law, ethics) The moral or legal entitlement of an unborn child to be born, and not have its birth prevented through an abortion or other medical procedure.
   • 1974-03, Martha Hume, "Abortions in Texas", Texas Monthly, page 65

     Texas Right to Life, a statewide, anti-abortion, anti-euthanasia organization, was organized last summer. Right to Life groups in Dallas and Houston have been active for some time.

   • 1987-06, Dale Keiger, "The Quiet Minority", Cincinnati Magazine, page 68

     That means women should have the right to be free about their own bodies. I believe a woman has a right to life. The opposition is an anti-freedom group, rather than, as they have very effectively called themselves, a right-to-life group.

Derived terms

• right-to-lifer

Related terms

• pro-life
• right-to-life (adj.)

Translations

one of fundamental human rights

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生命權／生命权 (shēngmìng quán)

• French: droit à la vie m
• Georgian: სიცოცხლის უფლება (sicocxlis upleba)
• German: Recht auf Leben n
• Japanese: 生存権 (ja) (せいぞんけん, seizonken)
• Korean: 생명권 (ko) (saengmyeonggwon)
• Russian: пра́во на жизнь n (právo na žiznʹ)

right of unborn child

See also

• capital punishment
• euthanasia
• pro-choice
• right to choose

Further reading

• right to life on Wikipedia.Wikipedia