美国堕胎权之争(美国堕胎令)

读BBC学英语：美国堕胎权

Clinics have begun closing in some US states after a Supreme Court ruling on Friday removed American women&34;a tragic error&39;s right to terminate her pregnancy was protected by the US constitution.

landmark 里程碑式的case 案件terminate [ˈtɜːmɪneɪt] 终止pregnancy [ˈpreɡnənsi] 怀孕；妊娠；孕期 right to do sth 做…的权利constitution 宪法

The ruling gave American women an absolute right to an abortion in the first three months (trimester) of pregnancy, but allowed for restrictions in the second trimester and for prohibitions in the third.

absolute right 绝对权力trimester [traɪˈmestər] 妊娠期(以三个月为单位)allow for 允许prohibition [ˌproʊɪˈbɪʃn] 禁止

But in the decades since, anti-abortion rulings have gradually pared back access in more than a dozen states.

pare back 削减

In its current session, the Supreme Court had been considering a case, Dobbs v Jackson Women&39;s ban on abortion after 15 weeks.

session [ˈseʃn]一场；一节；一段时间；(法庭的)开庭，开庭期

By ruling in favour of the state, the conservative-majority court effectively ended the constitutional right to an abortion.

in favor of 赞成；支持；有利于conservative-majority 保守党占多数的effectively 有效地；实际上；事实上

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