: favoring the legalization of abortion
pro-choicer noun

Examples of pro-choice in a Sentence

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The issue has divided pro-choice and pro-life advocates for years, and that remained the case on Monday. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2026 This was basically what the mainstream pro-choice movement advocated for at the time. Seda Saluk, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025 For decades, EMILYs List has backed winner after winner, helping elect pro-choice Democratic women to public office. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 At one point, the touring music event even endured bomb threats due to its pro-choice stance and Planned Parenthood booths. Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pro-choice

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First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pro-choice was in 1973

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“Pro-choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pro-choice. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.

Kids Definition

pro-choice

adjective
prō-ˈchȯis
: favoring the legalization of abortion

Medical Definition

pro-choice

adjective
: favoring the legalization of abortion
pro-choicer noun

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