Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Opposed to the right of women to choose to terminate a pregnancy by induced abortion.
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- adjective US, politics, derogatory Alternative spelling of
antichoice .
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Examples
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This year, it was carried out by an anti-choice, anti-woman group called Live Action.
Bob Cesca: The Republican War Against Women Bob Cesca 2011
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This year, it was carried out by an anti-choice, anti-woman group called Live Action.
Bob Cesca: The Republican War Against Women Bob Cesca 2011
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I hope Russian feminists will take heed and stand up against the anti-choice movement before it destroys the health and lives of current and future generations of women.
Merle Hoffman: The Opening of a Russian Front in the Abortion Wars Merle Hoffman 2011
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"We are pleased that Judge Sotomayor expressed stronger support for the established constitutional right to privacy than either Chief Justice Roberts or Justice Alito, both of whom had anti-choice records before being nominated to their current positions," said the group in a statement.
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This is not news to me as I encountered the nascent Russian anti-choice movement 20 years ago when I attempted to open the first feminist medical center in Moscow, Choices East.
Merle Hoffman: The Opening of a Russian Front in the Abortion Wars Merle Hoffman 2011
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The current Russian anti-choice campaign touting the protection of "life" is a smoke screen for the same old State/Church philosophies insuring power and control over women's bodies.
Merle Hoffman: The Opening of a Russian Front in the Abortion Wars Merle Hoffman 2011
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By the early 1990s, mirroring the growth of the American anti-choice movement, tapes of Jerry Falwell and Jimmy Swaggart had already aired on Russian television, while a right-to-life conference in Moscow boasted five hundred attendees.
Merle Hoffman: The Opening of a Russian Front in the Abortion Wars Merle Hoffman 2011
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It's evident that Russia has caught onto Americans' anti-choice tactics in its continuing assault on women.
Merle Hoffman: The Opening of a Russian Front in the Abortion Wars Merle Hoffman 2011
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On Thursday, The New York Times' Sophia Kishkovsky published a piece about alarming news that's been buzzing in reproductive rights circles for the last couple of weeks -- Russia has embraced their very own anti-choice movement, and it looks strikingly like ours here in the U.S.
Merle Hoffman: The Opening of a Russian Front in the Abortion Wars Merle Hoffman 2011
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It is better to miss the deadline than to deliver a lame duck which is what the house bill seems to be because of its anti-choice poison pill.
Durbin: Senate Dems expect to miss Obama health care deadline 2009
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