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Leaders Abortion in America Back in court
社論精粹 美國(guó)墮胎問(wèn)題 重返公堂
It may poison the 2016 election, but the Supreme Court should strike down Texas's restrictive abortion law
墮胎問(wèn)題的爭(zhēng)論或許會(huì)阻礙2016年大選，但最高法院應(yīng)該駁回德州的限制墮胎法案
AS if next year's presidential election were not shaping up to be contentious enough, the Supreme Court has picked 2016 to issue its most consequential ruling on abortion in 20 years.
美國(guó)明年總統(tǒng)大選的爭(zhēng)議似乎還不夠，最高法院也來(lái)湊湊熱鬧，竟決定在2016年對(duì)墮胎問(wèn)題做出20年來(lái)最重要的裁決。
This will add fresh impetus to a cultural battle that has raged, unresolved, on America's national stage for almost half a century.
此舉將為墮胎與反墮胎的論戰(zhàn)注入新動(dòng)力，這場(chǎng)文化道德斗爭(zhēng)在美國(guó)國(guó)家政治舞臺(tái)上活躍了將近半個(gè)世紀(jì)，愈演愈烈，至今仍懸而未決。
That is regrettable.
斗爭(zhēng)雖令人遺憾，
It is also necessary.
但也是必要的。
At issue is whether a law passed by the Texas legislature called HB2 is constitutional.
現(xiàn)在問(wèn)題的爭(zhēng)議點(diǎn)在于德克薩斯州議會(huì)通過(guò)的一項(xiàng)名為HB2的法案是否符合憲法。
The state has piled regulations on abortion clinics with the aim (so far rather successful) of closing them down.
德州政府針對(duì)墮胎診所頒布了大量政策條規(guī)，目的就在于整垮它們（目前戰(zhàn)績(jī)相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)）。
The number of such clinics in the state has dropped from 41 in 2012 to 18 at the last count.
最新數(shù)據(jù)顯示，德州的墮胎診所數(shù)量由2012年的41間逐漸減至18間。
If the court rules next year that HB2 is constitutional, that number will shrink further.
如果明年最高法院判定HB2符合憲法條陳，那么診所的數(shù)量將進(jìn)一步銳減。
Other states keen to restrict legal access to abortion would follow suit.
其他熱衷對(duì)墮胎實(shí)施法律約束的州將效仿此舉。
Already there are four that have only one clinic for the whole state, making the legal termination of a pregnancy a right that exists in theory but not in practice.
現(xiàn)在美國(guó)已經(jīng)有四個(gè)州全州只有一個(gè)墮胎診所，使得合法終止妊娠這一權(quán)利只空于理論，卻無(wú)實(shí)踐。
A clear majority of Americans have, for decades, told pollsters that abortion should be legal in most cases.
數(shù)十年來(lái)，絕大多數(shù)美國(guó)人告訴民意調(diào)查者們，在大多數(shù)情況下墮胎應(yīng)該是合法的。
More recently, a narrower majority has emerged for outlawing abortion after 20 weeks, with some exceptions.
近來(lái)，微弱多數(shù)人認(rèn)為20周以后墮胎違法，特殊情況除外。
That position—access to abortion that is legal and unrestricted until late in the second trimester, with some restrictions thereafter—is not unlike the compromise reached in other countries.
妊娠中期前墮胎是合法的，不受任何限制的，之后墮胎則有法律約束，這與其他國(guó)家在墮胎問(wèn)題上的折中點(diǎn)是類(lèi)似的。
In more secular Britain abortion is banned after 24 weeks, with exceptions in cases where to continue the pregnancy would threaten the life of the mother, or where the child is likely to be severely disabled.
英國(guó)更開(kāi)化，規(guī)定懷孕24周以后禁止墮胎，除非繼續(xù)妊娠會(huì)危及母親生命或胎兒很可能會(huì)重度殘疾。
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