万花筒 2011-02-11&02-12 俄亥俄州反堕胎新提案引关注

 The origins of a heartbeat bill come from Janet Folger Porter, president of Faith2Action and former Ohio Right to Life legislative¹ director.

 

"Once the heartbeat is detected, the baby is protected, pretty simple, if you can hear that baby's heartbeat, then that child will be protected by law."

 

"I have to say that it won't pass constitutional review, so it goes against the Roe² vs. Wade³ language." 

 

That's the bill of Becki Brenner, executive director of Planned Parenthood of southwest Ohio. However, Paula Westwood of Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati says Republican gains in Columbus and Washington make this the right time to act.

 

"The goal for a lot of legislative strategies is to have something that would get through committee, would get out, and would be declared unconstitutional, make it up through the courts to the Supreme⁴ Court."

 

"You know, these legislators, they were hired for jobs and economic development, and that's where they need to be putting their attention."

 

"We're going to force the court to look at these distinctive⁵, definitive⁶ moments when the child's heart begins to beat."

 

Civil rights attorney Al Gerhardstein who's defended abortion⁷ providers says in his opinion, the measure won't get very far.

 

"This bill totally eliminates the notion of viability⁸ and it pushes the ban way up into the first trimester, which is clearly unconstitutional."

1 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

2 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？

3 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

4 supreme   

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。

5 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

6 definitive   

adj.确切的，权威性的；最后的，决定性的

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样，还没有人给出明确的答复。

7 abortion   

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。

8 viability   

n.存活(能力)

参考例句：

• What is required to achieve or maintain such viability? 要达到或维持这种生存能力需要什么？
• Scientists are experimenting to find ways to ensure the viability of seeds for even longer periods of time. 正如我们所说，科学家正在试验努力寻找让种子的生命力更加延长的方法。