reproductive rights

plural noun

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

Examples of reproductive rights in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Goldberg began her career as an activist championing women’s reproductive rights. Andrew Sciallo, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024 Florida’s overreach on reproductive rights may indeed put it in play this cycle, but the Sunshine State remains Trump’s to lose. Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 May 2024 The loss of reproductive rights and another Trump election. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 May 2024 And this particular political battleground appears to be centered on women's reproductive rights. Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 2 May 2024 But the group and other advocates are sounding the alarm on reproductive rights in 2024 and warning that ballot measures are not an end-all solution. Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024 At a signing ceremony Thursday, Hobbs and other Democratic leaders framed the repeal as the first step in a larger struggle over reproductive rights. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024 This week we were reminded of its power and potency, when on Tuesday the Arizona State Supreme Court reinstated an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions, making the presidential battleground state ground zero for the fight of reproductive rights. Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2024 But with increasingly strict restrictions on reproductive rights being enacted across the United States, these debates are charting new, unfamiliar territory — medical care for women who have had miscarriages. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024

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“Reproductive rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reproductive%20rights. Accessed 13 May. 2024.

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