Pro-life

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pro-life \pro`-life"\, a.
     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 "anti-".
     [PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pro-life
       adj : advocating full legal protection of embryos and fetuses
             (especially opposing the legalization of induced
             abortions) [ant: {pro-choice}]