pro-family
adjective
pro-fam·i·ly
ˌprō-ˈfam-lē 
-ˈfa-mə-
1
: favoring or encouraging traditional family structures and values
2
: opposing abortion and often birth control
Examples of pro-family in a Sentence
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The expansion of the child tax credit in the House and Senate versions of the bill is less than many pro-family conservatives would have liked.
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Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
With the March for Life on the horizon, there is an opportunity for Republicans to pair pro-life commitments with pro-family legislation like Rep. Blake Moore’s Child Tax Credit expansion bill.
—Carlos Duran, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
Veteran pro-life leaders recognize that removing financial barriers to childbirth is the very essence of pro-family, pro-woman policy.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
In a speech this spring at the American Enterprise Institute, the conservative think tank in Washington, Boyle made a pitch to a roomful of social conservatives that her project is pro-family.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Thanks Donald Trump for supporting this common-sense, pro-family, pro-life measure championed by Anna Paulina Luna.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Similarly, there was a time when the biggest hit on Broadway was not a girl-power remix of The Wizard of Oz but the pro-God, pro-family, pro-country corpus of Rodgers and Hammerstein (Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music).
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
Yet Israel relies not on IVF to boost birth rates, but on a broadly pro-family culture, enhanced by generous spending on monthly child benefits for Israeli citizens.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
In recent weeks, Hispanic leaders have signed letters to Congress and joined coalitions of like-minded pro-life and pro-family leaders calling for a greater focus on the needs of families.
—Carlos Duran, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
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Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
With the March for Life on the horizon, there is an opportunity for Republicans to pair pro-life commitments with pro-family legislation like Rep. Blake Moore’s Child Tax Credit expansion bill.
—Carlos Duran, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
Veteran pro-life leaders recognize that removing financial barriers to childbirth is the very essence of pro-family, pro-woman policy.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
In a speech this spring at the American Enterprise Institute, the conservative think tank in Washington, Boyle made a pitch to a roomful of social conservatives that her project is pro-family.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Thanks Donald Trump for supporting this common-sense, pro-family, pro-life measure championed by Anna Paulina Luna.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Similarly, there was a time when the biggest hit on Broadway was not a girl-power remix of The Wizard of Oz but the pro-God, pro-family, pro-country corpus of Rodgers and Hammerstein (Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music).
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
Yet Israel relies not on IVF to boost birth rates, but on a broadly pro-family culture, enhanced by generous spending on monthly child benefits for Israeli citizens.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
In recent weeks, Hispanic leaders have signed letters to Congress and joined coalitions of like-minded pro-life and pro-family leaders calling for a greater focus on the needs of families.
—Carlos Duran, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Pro-family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pro-family. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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