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.

pro-choice in British

adjective

(of an organization, pressure group, etc) supporting the right of a woman to have an abortion

Compare pro-life

pro-choice in American

(ˈproʊˈtʃoɪs ; prōˈchoisˈ)

adjective

advocating the legal right to obtain an abortion

Derived forms

pro-choicer (ˈpro-ˈchoicer)

noun

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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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Definition of pro-choice from the Collins English Dictionary

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