reproductive rights

plural noun

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

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Her case — along with others like Belén’s — played a crucial role in shaping the country’s laws on reproductive rights. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025 That includes everything from reproductive rights for women and support for the LGBTQ community to Jimmy Kimmel and the fight for free speech. Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025 The Tylenol claims are only the latest burden placed on the shoulders of pregnant people and parents in the past few years, from the Supreme Court stripping away reproductive rights to critical funding being taken from Medicaid for children who need it. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025 The protagonist in We Dance Upon Demons is not unlike Patel, an Indian American woman who's spent much of her career working to protect reproductive rights. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025 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 4 Oct. 2025.

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