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The pro-life movement is a political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction. The term pro-life was coined in 1973 by U.S. leaders of the right-to-life or anti-abortion movement. The movement formed as a countermovement in response to feminist pressure to legalize elective abortion, especially in opposition to the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade which legalized abortion at the federal level.

The pro-life movement in the U.S. is allied with the Republican Party, and seeks to enact restrictive legislation such as a Human Life Amendment.

Around the world, those involved in the pro-life movement generally maintain that the human fetus (and in most cases the human embryo) is a person and therefore has a right to life. On the issue of abortion, pro-lifers are opposed by pro-choicers who generally advocate for women's reproductive rights. The "pro-life" concept is sometimes broadened to include positions on other issues, such as opposition to euthanasia and embryonic stem-cell research.