pro-choice

or pro·choice

[proh-chois]

adjective

supporting or advocating legalized abortion.

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Compare pro-life.

Origin of pro-choice

First recorded in 1970–75

Related formspro-choic·er, noun

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Contemporary Examples of pro-choice

Ask Rudy Giuliani about how his pro-choice position worked out for him.
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Michael Tomasky
December 17, 2014
It is an episode that is so on-the-nose in its tackling of pro-choice debates that you can practically see the freckles.
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David Levesley
November 29, 2014
In Massachusetts, for example, Baker is running as a pro-choice, pro same-sex marriage Republican nominee.
Return of the Northeastern Republican
David Freedlander
November 4, 2014
But until the “bad” abortion stories are just as acceptable, pro-choice advocates have a long way to go.
Wendy Davis and the 'Good Abortion' Myth
Emily Shire
September 10, 2014
If someone is pro-choice, that means he or she thinks abortion should be legal.
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Elizabeth Picciuto
August 28, 2014

British Dictionary definitions for pro-choice

pro-choice

adjective

(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

adj.

"favoring a right to abortion," 1975, from pro- + choice.

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