right-to-life
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of right-to-life
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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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
A. Lawrence Washburn Jr., a lawyer and right-to-life activist, was tipped off about the case, presumably by a hospital employee; he sued to force an operation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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