[Ads-l] Antedating of "Pro-Life" (= Anti-Abortion)

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Oct 6 14:28:38 UTC 2018


pro-life (OED, 2., 1971)

1970 _Ottawa Journal_ 6 May 10/3 (Newspapers.com)  Philip Cooper said he preferred to describe the group he belongs to as pro-life rather than anti-abortion.

Fred Shapiro

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