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anti-choice adjective

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Definition

opposing the idea that a pregnant woman should have the freedom to choose an abortion (= the intentional ending of pregnancy)
the anti-choice lobby

(Definition of anti-choice adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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