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pro-life

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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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The murder of George Tiller, the late-term abortion provider in Wichita, Kansas, on May 31, 2009, is being used by the pro-abortion camp to attack the pro-life cause by suggesting that all pro-lifers are guilty of the murder by ideological association, or that at the very least the public should be wary of the pro-life movement as this is typical behaviour of pro-life individuals.
Tiller's murder used to abuse pro-life by Catholic Insight
HB 1595, the chief legislative priority of Oklahomans For Life this session, is a multifaceted pro-life measure which was approved overwhelmingly by both houses of the legislature.
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Catholic's Heidi Schlumpf explains in this article, many people, on both sides of the legality question, see a genuinely pro-life stance as one that embraces respect for the human person at every stage--a position that's hard to find in today's polarized politics, and one that cries out for broad (and civil) dialogue across our various divides.
No place to stand? When you're Christian, progressive, and ... by Schlumpf, Heidi / Sojourners
 
 
 
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