pro-choice
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Origin of pro-choice
First recorded in 1970–75
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Among the entrants are short film Incompatible, from director Maxine Peake, which highlights pro-choice women's rights, and Northamptonshire feature film Wild Bones.
From BBC • May 24, 2023
Crow said he is pro-choice and Thomas is not.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023
“We’re perhaps the most pro-choice state in the country, we have protected L.G.B.T.Q. rights, we have protected civil rights,” Mr. Pritzker said in an interview last year.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2023
But that remains “stable” within the survey’s 10-year average going back to December 2012, when 84% described themselves as pro-choice, pollsters said.
From Washington Times • Jan. 18, 2023
She told sweet anecdotes about Palin, and vice versa—the two women had bonded when they were in state government, and pregnant, at the same time—and focused on her own “pro-jobs, pro-choice, pro-fish, pro-families” platform.
From Slate • Nov. 23, 2022
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