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Adjective: pro-life  ,prow'lIf
  1. Advocating full legal protection of embryos and foetuses (especially opposing the legalization of induced abortions)
    "He has endeavoured to lay out well-supported facts on why the pro-life position is right";
    - right-to-life, anti-abortion

See also: pro-choice

Antonym: pro-choice

Encyclopedia: Pro-life

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