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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pro-lifeadjective

    advocating full legal protection of embryos and fetuses (especially opposing the legalization of induced abortions)

GCIDE

  1. pro-lifeadjective

    Same as antiabortion; -- used by those opposed to voluntary abortion, to emphasize their view of a fetus as already living, and to avoid the negative tone of a word beginning with

Wiktionary

  1. pro-lifeadjective

    Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances.

Wikipedia

  1. pro-life

    Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in response to the legalization of elective abortions. Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus.

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  1. pro-life

    Pro-life is a term primarily used to describe a position or viewpoint that opposes abortion and euthanasia, advocating for the preservation of human life at all stages, from conception to natural death. The term can extend to opposition to practices like assisted suicide, the death penalty, and embryonic stem cell research. The pro-life ideology is rooted in various religious, moral, ethical, or philosophical beliefs, emphasizing the sanctity and inherent value of life.

Wikidata

  1. Pro-Life

    Pro-Life tells the story of a young girl trapped inside a clinic who discovers the only thing more dangerous than her pursuers is the demonic secret that she carries within her.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pro-life in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pro-life in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of pro-life in a Sentence

  1. Doug Collins:

    As a pastor and father, the issue of life is deeply personal to me. Weve got our best chance in decades to strike down Roe V. Wade. Lets take it, @realdonaldtrumpis going to nominate a pro-life conservative and the Senate needs to do their job and confirm without delay.

  2. Renee Ellmers:

    Donald Bryson, North Carolina state director for Americans for Prosperity, told FoxNews.com. Renee Ellmers support for a number of spending bills and subsidies have provoked conservative ire. Renee Ellmers also faces opposition from pro-life groups unhappy at Renee Ellmers after Renee Ellmers temporarily halted and forced changes last year to a House bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks Renee Ellmers said last week Renee Ellmers was not going to be controlled by special interest groups. I absolutely refuse to feel the pressure they put on other members to vote the way they want them to vote. I don't care about the scorecards that they keep.

  3. Emily Goodman:

    What the pro-life advocates seem to be focused on is bussing in young people with signs to declare that their side of the argument is right and no other opinion matters, i wish there was a conversation today, involving two sides, focused on a woman's ability to both hold her view on abortion yet not impose that view onto another.

  4. Bridget Miller:

    Ben Carson is pro-life ; Ben Carson's pro-gun ; Ben Carson's saved baby's lives. Ben Carson speaks to a lot of our values here.

  5. Eric Toney:

    I am proudly pro-life and I will defend the police and defend our Wisconsin laws, including our abortion ban, if allowed.


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