right to life

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• noun Used other than as an idiom: see right,‎ life.
• noun public policy, law, ethics The right of a human being to the continuation of his or her life.
• noun US, public policy, law, 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.

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• noun the right to live