pro-choiceadj.n.
/ˌprəʊˈtʃɔɪs/, U.S. /ˈproʊˈtʃɔɪs/ Originally U.S.
In favour of upholding a woman's legal right to choose whether to have an induced abortion. Also as n.: a pro-choice policy.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > abortion > [noun] > a pro-choice policy
pro-choice1969
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > abortion > [adjective] > in favour of abortion
pro-choice1969
1969 Oxnard (Calif.) Press Courier 10 Dec. 7/1 Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists..headed to the Women's Clinic.
1973 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 25 Apr. 6/3 I'm pro-life, but I'm also pro-choice... I'm not about to impose my views on anyone else.
1974 A. P. Blaustein Econ. Discrimination againt Women in U.S. xxix. 451 Planned Parenthood has set out the pro-choice case..in which the following points are made. (a) Laws against abortion kill women.
1975 Ms Sept. 103/1 The legal battles..have virtually all been decided in favor of pro-choice.
1986 Parl. Affairs 39 iii. 363 ‘Pro-life’ senators opposing those allied with the ‘pro-choice’ movement.
2000 N.Y. Press 5 Apr. i. 6/1 A pro-choice veep would largely defuse the abortion issue and inoculate the candidate from being labeled a right-wing extremist.
Derivatives
pro-ˈchoicer n. a person who holds or advocates pro-choice views.
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1979 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 24 June d3 (headline) ‘Pro-choicers’ march on Cincy cathedral.
2003 National Rev. 8 Dec. 55/1 It is too soon to say that pro-lifers can't be Democrats, or that pro-choicers can't be Republicans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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