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right-to-life

American  
[rahyt-tuh-lahyf] / ˈraɪt təˈlaɪf /

adjective

  1. pertaining to or advocating laws making abortion, especially abortion-on-demand, illegal; antiabortion.

    right-to-life advocates.


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Etymology

Origin of right-to-life

First recorded in 1970–75


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He had spent his adult life trying to succeed in conservative politics, working with right-to-life groups and other activists, as well as repeatedly running for office and failing.

From Salon ● May 7, 2025

She cannot imagine donating them to another couple, in effect letting strangers bear and raise her children, a process which many in the right-to-life movement call a “snowflake adoption.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2022

By the mid-2000s, however, other conservative attorneys and movements sometimes took the lead in major campaign finance cases and pursued a different tactical plan than the one favored by right-to-life litigators.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2022

A right-to-life group found Rogers a lawyer, John Kiyonaga, who wanted her to ask Orellana Garcia what he wanted.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2021

Disposition of the Cruzan case seems to have opened a Pandora's box of right-to-die and right-to-life cases, all putting painful ethical dilemmas before the courts.

From Time Magazine Archive

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