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pro-life
(redirected from Anti abortion)

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pro-life (pr-lf)
adj.
Advocating the legal protection of human embyos and fetuses, especially by favoring the outlawing of abortion on the ground that it is the taking of a human life.
pro-lifer n.
pro-life
adj
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (of an organization, pressure group, etc.) supporting the right to life of the unborn; against abortion, experiments on embryos, etc.
pro-lifer  n
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Adj.1.pro-life - advocating full legal protection of embryos and fetuses (especially opposing the legalization of induced abortions)
pro-choice - advocating a woman's right to control her own body (especially her right to an induced abortion)
Translations
pro-life [ˌprəʊˈlaɪf] ADJ → pro-vida
pro-life
adj group, organization → gegen Abtreibung pred; pro-life movement → Antiabtreibungsbewegung f
pro-life [ˈprəʊˈlaɪf] adj → per il diritto alla vita
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