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VOA慢速英语2022--Facebook和Instagram封杀堕胎药帖子

时间:2022-06-30 03:09来源:互联网 提供网友:nan   字体: [ ]
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Instagram, Facebook Remove Posts Offering Abortion1 Pills

Facebook and Instagram have begun removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them.

They started doing so after a Supreme2 Court decision Friday ended the constitutional right for a woman to choose to have an abortion. An abortion is a medical procedure that ends a pregnancy3. The abortion pill is medicine that can be taken to end a pregnancy.

The social media posts that are being removed seemed aimed to help women living in states where pre-existing laws banning abortion went into effect after the high court ruling.

After the ruling, posts explaining how women could legally get abortion pills in the mail suddenly increased across social platforms. Some even offered to mail prescriptions4 for the pill to women living in states that now ban the procedure.

Almost immediately, Facebook and Instagram began removing some of these posts.

Zignal Labs is a media intelligence and research company. It found that general mentions of abortion pills increased Friday morning across Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and on television broadcasts. There was also an increase in posts mentioning certain versions of the abortion pill, like mifepristone and misoprostol.

By Sunday, Zignal had counted more than 250,000 such mentions.

The Associated Press received a screenshot Friday of one Instagram post. The post was from a woman who offered to purchase or send abortion pills through the mail. She made the post minutes after the court ruled to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion.

"(Direct message) me if you want to order abortion pills, but want them sent to my address instead of yours," the post read.

Instagram quickly removed it. Vice6 Media first reported on Monday that Meta was taking down posts about abortion pills. Meta is the parent company of Facebook and Instagram.

On Monday, an AP reporter tested how the company would react to a similar post on Facebook. The reporter wrote: "If you send me your address, I will mail you abortion pills."

The post was removed within one minute.

The Facebook account was immediately put on a "warning" status for the post. Facebook said the post violated its rules on "guns, animals and other regulated goods."

But when the AP reporter made the same exact post but changed the words "abortion pills" to "a gun," the post remained. A post with the same offer to mail marijuana was also left up and not considered a violation7.

The drug marijuana is illegal under federal law. It is illegal to send it through the mail. Abortion pills, however, can be sent legally through the mail after an online appointment with a medical provider. Abortion pills are approved for use by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration, or FDA.

In an email, a Meta spokesperson said company policies bar the sale of certain items, including guns, alcohol, drugs and prescription5 drugs. The spokesperson did not explain the differences in how the company enforces the policy.

Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote in a tweet Monday that the company will not permit individuals to gift or sell prescription drugs on its platforms. But it will permit content that shares information on how to access pills. Stone admitted there were some problems with enforcing that policy across its platforms.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday that states should not ban mifepristone. The medication is used to cause an abortion.

"States may not ban mifepristone based on disagreement with the FDA's expert judgment8 about its safety and efficacy," Garland said in a Friday statement.

But some Republican state lawmakers have already tried to stop their residents from getting abortion pills through the mail.

And some states, like West Virginia and Tennessee, ban healthcare providers from prescribing the medication through online appointments.

Words in This Story

abortion — n. a medical procedure used to end a pregnancy and cause the death of the fetus9

access — v. a way of being able to use or get something

prescription — n. a written message from a doctor that officially tells someone to use a medicine, therapy, etc.

mention — n. a short statement about something or someone

regulate — v. to make rules or laws that control

efficacy — n. the power to produce a desired result or effect

resident — n. someone who lives in a particular place


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1 abortion ZzjzxH     
n.流产,堕胎
参考例句:
  • She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
  • A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
2 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
参考例句:
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
3 pregnancy lPwxP     
n.怀孕,怀孕期
参考例句:
  • Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
  • Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。
4 prescriptions f0b231c0bb45f8e500f32e91ec1ae602     
药( prescription的名词复数 ); 处方; 开处方; 计划
参考例句:
  • The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions. 中医医院装上了电子计算机来抓药。
  • Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions. 她的主要工作就是给大夫开的药方配药。
5 prescription u1vzA     
n.处方,开药;指示,规定
参考例句:
  • The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
  • The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。
6 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
参考例句:
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
7 violation lLBzJ     
n.违反(行为),违背(行为),侵犯
参考例句:
  • He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说,那是违反规则的。
  • He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
8 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
9 fetus ekHx3     
n.胎,胎儿
参考例句:
  • In the fetus,blood cells are formed in different sites at different ages.胎儿的血细胞在不同时期生成在不同的部位。
  • No one knows why a fetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system. 没有人知道为什么母亲的免疫系统不会自动排斥胎儿。
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