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Definition of 'pro-choice'

pro-choice

also prochoice
adjective
Someone who is pro-choice thinks that women have a right to choose whether or not to give birth to a child they have conceived, and to have an abortion if they do not want the child.
...the pro-choice movement.
Most of the electorate is pro-choice.
COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

pro-choice in British

adjective
(of an organization, pressure group, etc) supporting the right of a woman to have an abortion
Compare pro-life
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pro-choice in American

(ˈproʊˈtʃoɪs ; prōˈchoisˈ)
adjective
advocating the legal right to obtain an abortion
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
pro-choicer (ˈpro-ˈchoicer)
  noun

Example sentences containing 'pro-choice'

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This movement attempts to sidestep the politics that divide pro-life from pro-choice. Christianity Today (2000)

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