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pro-choice

adj

Etymology

From pro- + choice.

  1. derived from *ǵews-✻ — “to choose”
  2. derived from *kauzijaną✻
  3. derived from 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 — “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”
  4. derived from *causīre✻ — “to choose”
  5. derived from chois — “choice”
  6. inherited from chois
  7. prefixed as pro-choice — “pro + choice”

Definitions

  1. Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.

    • When I defend my pro-choice position in the debate over abortion in our country, I frequently refer to Romania, where pregnancy could be monitored on behalf of the state, and to China, where it could be forcibly terminated.
    • But if past is prologue, it’s hard to predict what our prochoice Republican governor will do. […] “You’re totally prochoice and bipartisan,” Caroline says in the ad, as they sit together on a park bench surrounded by trees and grass.

  2. Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to end their life by euthanasia.

    • These cases help create and sustain an essentially pro-choice regime, at least with respect to passive euthanasia and arguably with respect to physician-assisted suicide as well.
    • Two other sites worthy of note are http://www.efn.org/~ergo/ (Pro-Choice) and http://www.euthanasia.com (Pro-Life).
    • Whether we are pro-choice on euthanasia or anti-euthanasia, we can all agree that leaving patients in pain is abhorrent, ethically, and morally reprehensible, and should be punished severely by the law.

  3. Supportive in general of a person's right to choose

    Supportive in general of a person's right to choose; supportive of self-determination, bodily integrity, and individual sovereignty.

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Derived

pro-choicer

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA