pro-life

[proh-lahyf]

adjective

1. opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.

pro-life

adjective

1. (of an organization, pressure group, etc) supporting the right to life of the unborn; against abortion, experiments on embryos, etc

Other Word Forms

• pro-lifer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pro-life¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Drey’s opponent, Prosch, campaigned as “a strong pro-life conservative” who favored tax cuts and spoke out against “woke ideologies” in public schools.

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House Republican from Wisconsin quietly removed pro-life positions from the issues page of his campaign website earlier this summer, as the nation approached the third anniversary of the 2022 overturning of Roe v.

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With only a couple of defectors in each chamber, the “pro-life” GOP happily signed on to the suffering of millions of people around the world.

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Vance affirms, "I’m pro-life," while ignoring that the catechism of the religion he picked out for himself holds that the death penalty is inadmissible.

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For instance, the supposed pro-life stance of the Republican Party, which is bogus, by the way, in our state — what direction do they go from this point?

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