right to life
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See also: right-to-life
English
Noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see right, life.
- (public policy, law, ethics) The right of a human being to the continuation of his or her life.
- (US, public policy, law, ethics) The moral or legal entitlement of an unborn child to be born, and not have its birth prevented through an abortion or other medical procedure.
- 1974-03, Martha Hume, "Abortions in Texas", Texas Monthly, page 65
- Texas Right to Life, a statewide, anti-abortion, anti-euthanasia organization, was organized last summer. Right to Life groups in Dallas and Houston have been active for some time.
- 1987-06, Dale Keiger, "The Quiet Minority", Cincinnati Magazine, page 68
- That means women should have the right to be free about their own bodies. I believe a woman has a right to life. The opposition is an anti-freedom group, rather than, as they have very effectively called themselves, a right-to-life group.
- 1974-03, Martha Hume, "Abortions in Texas", Texas Monthly, page 65
Derived terms
Related terms
- pro-life
- right-to-life (adj.)
Translations
one of fundamental human rights
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right of unborn child
See also
Further reading
right to life on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
