pro-choice
See also: prochoice
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
- (public policy, law, ethics) Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.
- 2003, Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Prague Summer”, in Living History[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 354:
- When I defend my pro-choice position in the debate over abortion in our country, I frequently refer to Romania, where pregnancy could be monitored on behalf of the state, and to China, where it could be forcibly terminated.
- 2022 July 26, Shirley Leung, “Charlie Baker is ‘100% prochoice.’ He shouldn’t veto the new reproductive rights bill.”, in The Boston Globe[2]:
- But if past is prologue, it’s hard to predict what our prochoice Republican governor will do. […] “You’re totally prochoice and bipartisan,” Caroline says in the ad, as they sit together on a park bench surrounded by trees and grass.
- (public policy, law, ethics) Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to end their life by euthanasia.
- 1994, Tom Stacy, “Euthanasia and the Supreme Court's Competing Conceptions of Religious Liberty”, in Issues in Law and Medicine, volume 10, number 1, page 62:
- These cases help create and sustain an essentially pro-choice regime, at least with respect to passive euthanasia and arguably with respect to physician-assisted suicide as well.
- 1998, C. G. Prado, The Last Choice: Preemptive Suicide in Advanced Age, page 103:
- Two other sites worthy of note are http://www.efn.org/~ergo/ (Pro-Choice) and http://www.euthanasia.com (Pro-Life).
- 2014, Margaret Somerville, Death Talk: The Case Against Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide[3], 2nd edition, McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC:
- Whether we are pro-choice on euthanasia or anti-euthanasia, we can all agree that leaving patients in pain is abhorrent, ethically, and morally reprehensible, and should be punished severely by the law.
- Supportive in general of a person's right to choose; supportive of self-determination, bodily integrity, and individual sovereignty.
- 2010, Sara Hayden, Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice, page 102:
- Individualism, self-determination, and pro-choice rhetorics are additional cultural discourses that play into this experience as well: the ability to make your own choices in life and to be able to succeed with those choices is the quintessential American dream.
Synonyms edit
- proabortion
- (derogatory) antilife
- (derogatory) prodeath
Antonyms edit
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Translations edit
supportive of abortion rights
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See also edit
References edit
- “pro-choice”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English pro-choice.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pro-choice (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (postpositive) pro-choice (supportive of abortion rights)
- Antonym: pro-life
Noun edit
pro-choice m inan (indeclinable)
- pro-choice movement
- Antonym: pro-life
Declension edit
Indeclinable
or
Declension of pro-choice
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | pro-choice |
| genitive | pro-choice'u |
| dative | pro-choice'owi |
| accusative | pro-choice |
| instrumental | pro-choice'em |
| locative | pro-choisie |
| vocative | pro-choisie |
Noun edit
pro-choice m pers
- pro-choice activist
- Synonym: pro-choicer
- Antonyms: prolajfer, pro-life
Declension edit
Declension of pro-choice
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pro-choice | pro-choice'owie/pro-choice'y (deprecative) |
| genitive | pro-choice'a | pro-choice'ów |
| dative | pro-choice'owi | pro-choice'om |
| accusative | pro-choice'a | pro-choice'ów |
| instrumental | pro-choice'em | pro-choice'ami |
| locative | pro-choisie | pro-choice'ach |
| vocative | pro-choisie | pro-choice'owie/pro-choice'y (deprecative) |
Related terms edit
nouns
Further reading edit
- pro-choice in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pro-choice in Polish dictionaries at PWN