right-to-life
Against terminating pregnancies
Right-to-life describes the movement opposing abortion and sometimes euthanasia, based on the belief that human life begins at conception and must be protected: right-to-life activists, a right-to-life amendment.
The term frames the position around fetal rights rather than restricting women's choices—compare pro-choice.
Also used as a noun: She's been active in right-to-life since the seventies.
Quality of being inviolable
- unbornNot yet delivered
- fetusGestating offspring
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- personhoodStatus as a person
viability · heartbeat · prenatal · embryo · human dignity · euthanasia · assisted suicide · brain death
Opposing pregnancy termination
- activismDirect effort for reform
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- advocacyPleading for a cause
crisis pregnancy center · picketing · rally · petition · lobbying · grassroots · mobilization · vigil
Change to official text
- Roe v. WadeAbortion legalization ruling
- statuteEnacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- constitutionalHealth-promoting walk
Supreme Court · trigger law · parental consent · waiting period · wrongful death · undue burden · trimester · standing
Innermost animating essence
- God-givenInherent by divine origin
- CatholicPapal church adherent
- evangelicalZealously advocating beliefs
- natural lawInherent moral principles
encyclical · stewardship · creation · scripture · pastoral · clergy · faith-based · commandment
sanctity
Quality of being inviolable
- unbornNot yet delivered
- fetusGestating offspring
- conceptionFormation of an idea
personhood · viability · heartbeat · prenatal · embryo · human dignity · euthanasia · assisted suicide · brain death · infanticide
anti-abortion
Opposing pregnancy termination
- activismDirect effort for reform
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
advocacy · crisis pregnancy center · picketing · rally · petition · lobbying · grassroots · mobilization · vigil · demonstration
amendment
Change to official text
- Roe v. WadeAbortion legalization ruling
- statuteEnacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
constitutional · Supreme Court · trigger law · parental consent · waiting period · wrongful death · undue burden · trimester · standing · injunction
soul
Innermost animating essence
- God-givenInherent by divine origin
- CatholicPapal church adherent
- evangelicalZealously advocating beliefs
natural law · encyclical · stewardship · creation · scripture · pastoral · clergy · faith-based · commandment · divine
right-to-lifepro-choice
Supporting legal abortion access
pro-abortion · abortion rights · reproductive rights · right to choose · freedom of choice
right, rights, rightly, rightful, rightfully, rightness, righteous, righteously, righteousness