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

Under the Manx bill, terminally ill adults with less that 12 months to live would be given the right to choose to end their own lives, provided they met specific eligibility criteria, including having lived on the island for five years.

From BBC

Their question to critics is: why should someone who may be suffering at the end of their life be denied the right to choose how and when to die?

From BBC

His mother, who has lived in exile in Paris since being driven out of Iran with her husband in the 1979 revolution, urged the international community to respect the Iranian people's right to choose their own path forward.

From Barron's

"What I want is for the international community to clearly support the fundamental rights of Iranians: the right to choose their leaders, to express themselves freely, to live in dignity and prosperity," she said.

From Barron's

“Iranians deserve, just like we do, the right to choose their own leaders.”

From Los Angeles Times