: opposed to abortion
pro-lifer noun

Examples of pro-life in a Sentence

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The definition of pro-life to me is a leader who wants to give every existing member of our society the greatest chance not only to survive, but to thrive. Lena Dunham, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024 There's a feminism tag … BLM tag, there's an LGBTQ tag, but there's no pro-life tag. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024 Some friends struggled to recall whether Vance was pro-life or pro-choice, but many of them described him as instinctively partisan. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 Richard Nixon and his advisors noticed the change early on, and began a program of luring Catholics from the Democratic party, as Halpern reported; Gerald Ford engineered the addition of a pro-life plank into the GOP president platform in 1976. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pro-life 

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pro-life was in 1970

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“Pro-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pro-life. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

pro-life

adjective
prō-ˈlīf
: opposed to abortion

Medical Definition

pro-life

adjective

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