pro-deather

English

Etymology

From pro-death +‎ -er.

Noun

pro-deather (plural pro-deathers)

1. (derogatory, dysphemistic, uncommon) A person who is supportive of the practice or legality of abortion or who is opposed to “pro-life” causes.

   Antonym: pro-lifer

   • 1995 February 21, Angie Miller, “Church Will Always Have PR Problems with World”, in Liberty Champion‎^[1], Lynchburg, Virginia, retrieved November 19, 2022, page 13:

     Without realizing it, the pro-deathers and the police together end up closing the clinic down, thus preventing aboritons on that day, all to avoid violence!

   • 1998, Marlene Gerber Fried, “Abortion in the United States – Legal but Inaccessible”, in Rickie Solinger, editor, Abortion Wars: A Half Century of Struggle, 1950–2000‎^[2], Berkeley, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 209:

     Recently our local abortion rights fund received a piece of mail enjoining “pro-lifers” to “attack” abortion providers and other “peddlers of death. . . . When we shoot, we should aim for the lower spine and the buttocks. At this time we probably don’t need to kill to discourage some pro-deathers from implementing their agenda.”

   • a. 2013, “Euthanasia Pro-Deather Spills the Beans”^[3], Pro-Life Victoria, archived from the original on October 26, 2022.