Pro-choice

Like Pro-life, Pro-choice is a term commonly used by activists in the abortion issue. Those who call themselves ``pro-choice favor reduced or eliminated government restrictions on abortion.

The term suggests that opponents are ``anti-choice (and indeed some who call themselves pro-choice label their opponents thus), and also suggesta that the most important aspect of the abortion issue is a pregnant woman's right to choose the outcome of her pregnancy.

Although the term does not mention abortion, in practice this term is limited to the abortion issue. Not all those who call themselves ``pro-choice favor ``choice in all other public issues. In particular, relatively few are libertarians across the board.

(This entry is a close counterpart of the Pro-life entry.)