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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Advocating the legal protection of human embryos and fetuses, especially by favoring the outlawing of abortion on the ground that it is the taking of a human life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
antiabortion ; -- used by those opposed to voluntary abortion, to emphasize their view of a fetus as already living, and to avoid the negative tone of a word beginning with “anti-”.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or
supportive of theright to life ; believing that life should beprotected from itsbeginning tonatural death in all or most circumstances.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective advocating full legal protection of embryos and fetuses (especially opposing the legalization of induced abortions)
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Examples
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The bulk of the pro-life movement has long since tipped its hat to critics: The term "pro-life" is intrinsically positive and conveys more than fetal preservation.
Charles Redfern: The Far-Right Fringe Embarrasses the Pro-Life Movement -- Again Charles Redfern 2012
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The bulk of the pro-life movement has long since tipped its hat to critics: The term "pro-life" is intrinsically positive and conveys more than fetal preservation.
Charles Redfern: The Far-Right Fringe Embarrasses the Pro-Life Movement -- Again Charles Redfern 2012
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The term pro-life originated historically in the struggle to end abortion on demand and continues to be used in public discourse overwhelmingly in that sense.
Charles Redfern: The Far-Right Fringe Embarrasses the Pro-Life Movement -- Again Charles Redfern 2012
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The bulk of the pro-life movement has long since tipped its hat to critics: The term "pro-life" is intrinsically positive and conveys more than fetal preservation.
Charles Redfern: The Far-Right Fringe Embarrasses the Pro-Life Movement -- Again Charles Redfern 2012
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The term pro-life originated historically in the struggle to end abortion on demand and continues to be used in public discourse overwhelmingly in that sense.
Charles Redfern: The Far-Right Fringe Embarrasses the Pro-Life Movement -- Again Charles Redfern 2012
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The term pro-life originated historically in the struggle to end abortion on demand and continues to be used in public discourse overwhelmingly in that sense.
Charles Redfern: The Far-Right Fringe Embarrasses the Pro-Life Movement -- Again Charles Redfern 2012
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They make a mockery of the word "pro-life" because everything they say and do makes it clear that for them life starts at conception and ends at birth.
digg.com: Top News Digg 2011
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Though he apologized for the undemocratic way it was done, he held firm on what he described as a "pro-life" goal of trying to drive down cancer rates.
NY Daily News Joshua Greenman 2011
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Roman Catholic Church and her bishops are unequivocally pro-life; however, we do not always publicly support every initiative that comes before us in the name of pro-life, he said in a statement announcing the news conference.
USATODAY.com News 2011
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That's why on February 18th, so-called "pro-life" members of the House of Representatives, voted 240 to 185 to defund Planned Parenthood, a premier women's healthcare provider for nearly a century, serving 3 million women a year in its 800 centers across the country.
Katie Halper: The Top 10 Names for the "Pro-Life," Pro-Cancer, Pro-UTI, Anti-Planned Parenthood Amendment Katie Halper 2011
john commented on the word pro-life
“A Senate candidate has legally changed his name to Pro-Life and will appear on the ballot that way this year, state election officials say.�?
CBS News, Aspiring Pol Changes Name To Pro-Life, March 18, 2008
October 7, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word pro-life
"Larry Craig is not seeking re-election"?! Gee, why not?
October 7, 2008
whichbe commented on the word pro-life
If you're pro-life you definitely ought to be pro-war because that makes a lot of sense.
October 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word pro-life
Sheesh, I wish our elections were as funny as yours. We haven't had a decent belly-laugh since the demise of the Sun-Ripened Warm Tomato Party.
October 7, 2008
reesetee commented on the word pro-life
You're welcome to it, bilby.
Really. Take it. Please.
October 7, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word pro-life
Only if we can have some sun-ripened warm tomatoes at a party.
October 8, 2008
reesetee commented on the word pro-life
Yes. That's exactly right, c_b. Those are our conditions.
Please?
October 8, 2008
bilby commented on the word pro-life
Tomatina! Image search on!
October 8, 2008
recombinantdna commented on the word pro-life
Backformation from proliferative?
October 14, 2009