Definition of "pro-life"

Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances.

1. (chiefly US) Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.  examples

2. (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of euthanasia.  examples

3. (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of capital punishment.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • 2005, Guerrilla Apologetics for Life Issues, page 60

4. (specifically) Opposed to suicide.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • Suicidal people can have discussions about suicide on pro-life peer-to-peer forums and hotlines without fear of judgment or intervention.

     2016, Jennings Brown, The sordid history of the first sanctioned suicide forum‎