reproductive rights

plural noun

US
: a woman's right to choose whether or not she will have a baby

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Read More: Women Denied Abortions in Idaho Take on the State’s Near-Total Ban The initial case was one of the Biden Administration’s efforts to protect reproductive rights in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Chantelle Lee, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025 Democrats have no more claim to Latino identity than Republicans, and the idea that putting partisans from both camps under the same ethnic tent might bring about commonality on hot-button issues such as reproductive rights or mass deportations is nonsense. Mike Madrid, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025 This marked the Trump administration's first major actions on reproductive rights since the president took office in January. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025 Lederer worries about the well-being of her LGBTQ+ friends and about threats to women’s health care, including reproductive rights and cuts to Medicaid that will affect access to care. Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reproductive rights

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“Reproductive rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reproductive%20rights. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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