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The earliest citation for an abortion-specific sense of the term is a 1971 reference in the Los Angeles Times to "pro-life, anti-abortion educational programs". [2] The adjective pro-life seems to derive from earlier constructions involving the word life used by opponents of legal abortion, particularly the phrase "right to life".
In a 2009 Gallup Poll, a majority of U.S. adults (51%) called themselves "pro-life" on the issue of abortion—for the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 1995—while 42% identified themselves as "pro-choice", [81] although pro-choice groups noted that acceptance of the "pro-life" label did not in all cases indicate opposition ...
The abortion debate is a longstanding and contentious discourse that touches on the moral, legal, medical, and religious aspects of induced abortion. [1] In English-speaking countries, the debate has two major sides, commonly referred to as the "pro-choice" and "pro-life" movements.
Albert Wynn and Gloria Feldt on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to rally for legal abortion on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The United States abortion-rights movement (also known as the pro-choice movement) is a sociopolitical movement in the United States supporting the view that a woman should have the legal right to an abortion, meaning the right to terminate her pregnancy, and is ...
Even for most pro-life advocates, including myself, this is not a reason for abortion, but it is an example of a rare circumstance in which a baby’s birth can be challenging, if not painful.
Pro-life arguments over the decades have succeeded in narrowing the public latitude for such decisions. But we are nowhere close to a consensus that abortion needs to be restricted in every state.
Abortion-rights movements, also self-styled as pro-choice movements, are movements that advocate for legal access to induced abortion services, including elective abortion. They seek to represent and support women who wish to terminate their pregnancy without fear of legal or social backlash.
Pro-life groups say they spent decades pushing for Roe v. Wade to be overturned and that this is not what the Supreme Court had in mind when they returned abortion to the states.