Pro-choice and pro-life

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Pro-choice and pro-life are terms of self-identification used within the abortion debate, describing positions which support and restrict access to abortion, respectively. They are generally considered loaded language, since each side frames their position in terms of inherently positive qualities (and thus positions their opponents as "anti-choice" or "anti-life"). For this reason, more neutral or descriptive alternatives are sometimes preferred, for example by describing groups or individuals as supporters or opponents of abortion or abortion rights. The term pro-life began to be used by opponents of legal abortion around the early 1970s, born from the related term "right to life". The term pro-choice (or "right to choose") was coined in response by abortion rights advocates shortly after.

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