favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life
Also: pro-family
Word origin
[1980–85; pro-1 + family]This word is first recorded in the period 1980–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: biobehavioral, designer drug, golden parachute, nuclear winter, starch blockerpro- is a prefix indicating favor for some party, system, idea, etc., without identitywith the group (pro-British; pro-Communist; proslavery), having anti- as its opposite