Pro-choice

Full definition of pro-choice

Adjective

1. (public policy, legal, ethics) Supportive of a woman's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.
2. (public policy, legal, ethics) Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to end their life by euthanasia.
3. Supportive in general of a person's right to choose; supportive of self-determination, self-ownership, bodily integrity and individual sovereignty.
• 2010, Sara Hayden, Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice, page 102Individualism, self-determination, and pro-choice rhetorics are additional cultural discourses that play into this experience as well: the ability to make your own choices in life and to be able to succeed with those choices is the quintessential American dream.