"right to choose" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} right to choose
  1. (public policy, law, ethics) The moral or legal entitlement of a pregnant woman to make the full and final decision either to give birth to her child or to abort the fetus. Categories (topical): Ethics, Law, Abortion
    Sense id: en-right_to_choose-en-noun-GlutGpA~ Disambiguation of Abortion: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Topics: ethics, human-sciences, law, philosophy, sciences
  2. (public policy, law, ethics) The entitlement of a person to make the decision to end their own life through euthanasia. Categories (topical): Ethics, Law
    Sense id: en-right_to_choose-en-noun-WhS~kmHh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Topics: ethics, human-sciences, law, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pro-choice, pro-life, right to life

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