right to choose

American  

noun

1. the right of a woman to have a legal abortion if she chooses to do so.

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Other Word Forms

• right-to-choose adjective

Etymology

Origin of right to choose

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Despite historical flaws in practice, it rests on the foundational claim that individuals have the right to choose their government and hold it accountable.

From Salon

“Rob had earned the right to choose his next project based primarily on what he wanted to do, rather than what was expected of him,” Cary Elwes, who played the lead role of Westley in “The Princess Bride,” wrote in his memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal

Joining both the EU and Nato are part of Ukraine's constitution and another of Khrystyna Hayovyshyn's red lines at the UN on Thursday was: "Nor will we tolerate any infringement on our sovereignty including our sovereign right to choose the alliances we want to join."

From BBC

It said it considered the guidance of the Visitor Safety Group, including "seeking to preserve peoples' right to choose the activities they wish to engage with and to strike a proportionate balance with the risk management methods we employ".

From BBC

Douglass’s book, which sold 30,000 copies within five years of its publication, shattered that idea and helped define the “free labor ideal”—the belief that all people had the right to choose their work and enjoy the fruits of it.

From The Wall Street Journal