pro-choice
or pro·choice
[proh-chois]
- supporting or advocating legalized abortion.
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Compare pro-life.
Origin of pro-choice
First recorded in 1970–75
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Ask Rudy Giuliani about how his pro-choice position worked out for him.
It is an episode that is so on-the-nose in its tackling of pro-choice debates that you can practically see the freckles.
In Massachusetts, for example, Baker is running as a pro-choice, pro same-sex marriage Republican nominee.
But until the “bad” abortion stories are just as acceptable, pro-choice advocates have a long way to go.
If someone is pro-choice, that means he or she thinks abortion should be legal.
pro-choice
- (of an organization, pressure group, etc) supporting the right of a woman to have an abortionCompare pro-life
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Word Origin and History for pro-choice
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