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Article: Pro-Choice Movement
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PRO-CHOICE MOVEMENT
PRO-CHOICE MOVEMENT.
The pro-choice movement has sought to keep abortion safe, legal, and accessible to women. Advocates of abortion rights began using the term "pro-choice" in the years after the 1973 Supreme Court decision in
Roe v. Wade,
which found that the Constitution of the United States protects abortion rights. They adopted the term to emphasize that their cause is women's choice, not abortion per se, and to counter the antiabortion, or "pro-life," movement's description of them as "pro-abortion." People in the pro-choice movement believe that women should have control over their reproductive lives as a legal fact and fundamental right, and that ...