reproductive rights

plural noun

US
: a woman's right to choose whether or not she will have a baby

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Deport the immigrants, create financial instability for Black folks, destroy reproductive rights for women. Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 When Republicans erode Texans’ voting rights, demonize immigrants, repeal reproductive rights and attack the rights of LGBTQ Texans to even exist, there can be no collaboration. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 Another reason to work with an experienced lawyer, Janene Oleaga, a fertility attorney and reproductive rights advocate, adds, is that every state has its own legal framework governing surrogacy. Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 13 Feb. 2026 Bushra Mahnoor, a reproductive rights activist, counts herself among a small proportion of women and girls in Pakistan – about 12%, according to the UN’s children’s agency (UNICEF) – who use commercial sanitary products, rather than homemade alternatives. Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reproductive rights

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“Reproductive rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reproductive%20rights. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.

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