(public policy, legal, ethics) The right of a human being to the continuation of his or her life.
1974-03, Martha Hume, "Abortions in Texas", Texas Monthly, [http://books.google.com/books?id=GiwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6 page 65]
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(US, public policy, legal, 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.
: 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.
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