Pro‐choice/pro‐elección versus pro‐life/pro‐vida: Examining abortion identity terms across English and Spanish in the United States

Objective We examine how a sample of English- and Spanish-speaking U.S. adults define the terms pro-life/pro-vida pro-choice/pro-elección explore whether definitions differ by language and/or ethnicity. Methods asked 1504 to in an open-ended format. used content thematic analysis congruence discordance between English Spanish speakers, as well Latinx non-Latinx participants, understand these terms. Results The largely appeared hold common canonical understandings, but we identified important differences across cultural/ethnic groups. For example, participants opted out defining more often than respondents survey had higher rates uncertainty about misunderstanding version. Conclusions Our findings suggest language-related variability understandings that could have implications for multilingual cross-cultural polling on abortion.