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VOA健康报道2023 美国妇女都没权药物流产?

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A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday that the abortion1 drug mifepristone may still be used in the United States for now with some restrictions3.

周三晚些时候，一家联邦上诉法院裁定，堕胎药物米非司酮目前仍可在美国使用，但有一些限制。

Abortion is a process that ends a woman's pregnancy4.

堕胎是终止妇女妊娠的过程。

One restriction2 requires visiting a doctor in-person to receive the drug.

其中一项限制要求孕妇亲自去看医生才能获取该药物。

Another restriction limits the drug's use to the first seven weeks of pregnancy, down from the current 10 weeks.

另一项限制规定在怀孕的前七周可以使用该药物，而目前规定是在怀孕的前十周可以使用该药物。

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug Mifepristone 23 years ago.

美国食品药品监督管理局在23年前批准了米非司酮。

In 2016, the agency expanded the use to 10 weeks and permitted sending it to women by mail.

2016年，该机构将使用时间延长至10周，并允许邮寄该药物给女性。

Medical experts say millions of women have used the drug to end their pregnancies5 in combination with a second drug, misoprostol.

医学专家表示，数以百万计的女性将这种药物与另一种药物米索前列醇一起使用来终止妊娠。

The appeals court decision narrowed a ruling by a lower court judge in Texas.

该上诉法院的裁决缩小了得克萨斯州一名下级法院法官的裁决范围。

That ruling suspended the FDA's approval of the drug.

该裁决使得美国食品药品监督管理局批准该药物的进程暂停。

Preventing the drug from being sent by mail means there is a limit on the most used method of abortion in the U.S.

禁止邮寄该药物意味着美国最常用的堕胎方法受到了限制。

Alliance Defending Freedom, the group that brought the Texas legal case against the drug, called the federal appeals court decision a "victory."

在得克萨斯州提起反对该药物法律诉讼的捍卫自由联盟称，该联邦上诉法院的裁决是一场“胜利”。

The group was also involved in the U.S. Supreme6 Court decision overturning Roe7 v. Wade8 to end the constitutional right to abortion last year.

去年，该组织还参与了美国最高法院推翻罗诉韦德案的裁决，该裁决结束了宪法赋予的堕胎权。

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement that the Biden administration "strongly disagrees" with the appeals court decision.

美国司法部长梅里克·加兰在一份声明中说，拜登政府“强烈反对”该上诉法院的裁决。

"We will be seeking emergency relief from the Supreme Court to defend the FDA's scientific judgment9 and protect Americans' access to safe and effective reproductive care," he said.

他说：“我们将会向最高法院寻求紧急救济，以捍卫美国食品药品监督管理局的科学裁决，保护美国人获得安全有效的生殖保健”。

The latest abortion dispute started last Friday with conflicting court decisions in the states of Texas and Oregon.

最新的堕胎争议始于上周五，当时得克萨斯州和俄勒冈州的法院裁决相互矛盾。

In Texas, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ordered a hold on FDA approval of mifepristone last Friday.

在得克萨斯州，美国地区法官马修·卡斯马利克上周五下令暂停美国食品药品监督管理局批准米非司酮。

The order came after anti-abortion groups claimed that the FDA used an improper10 process when it approved mifepristone in 2000.

在该命令发布之前，反堕胎组织声称美国食品药品监督管理局在2000年批准米非司酮时使用了不正当的程序。

They said the agency did not fully11 consider the drug's safety when used by girls under the age of 18 to end a pregnancy.

他们表示，当18岁以下的女孩使用该药物来终止妊娠时，该机构没有充分考虑该药物的安全性。

Kacsmaryk agreed with the anti-abortion groups.

卡斯马利克同意反堕胎组织的观点。

He wrote that the FDA ignored safety concerns when it approved mifepristone.

他写道，美国食品药品监督管理局在批准米非司酮时忽视了安全问题。

His order also agreed with anti-abortion groups who said that a 19th-century law could be used to block sending abortion drugs through the mail.

他的命令也与反堕胎组织的说法一致，反堕胎组织表示，可以用19世纪的一项法律来阻止邮寄堕胎药物。

The Comstock Act was passed in 1873.

《康斯托克法》于1873年通过。

It banned mailing birth control methods and things that could be used in an abortion.

它禁止邮寄避孕方法和可能用于堕胎的东西。

Since then, courts have narrowed the law.

从那以后，法院缩小了法律的适用范围。

Some legal experts say the law has not been enforced since the 1930s.

一些法律专家表示，这项法律自20世纪30年代以来就没有执行过。

But anti-abortion groups turned to the law after the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision.

但在最高法院推翻了罗诉韦德案的裁决后，反堕胎组织求助于这项法律。

In Oregon, U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice issued a different ruling.

在俄勒冈州，美国地区法官托马斯·赖斯做出了不同的裁决。

He ordered federal officials not to make any changes that would restrict the use of mifepristone.

他命令联邦官员不要做出任何限制使用米非司酮的改变。

The ruling came from a legal action brought by a group of 17 Democratic Party-led states seeking to expand availability of abortion drugs.

这项裁决是在17个民主党领导的州提出的法律诉讼后作出的，目的是扩大堕胎药物的供应。

States led by Democratic Party governors are buying up drugs used in abortions12 to guarantee their availability.

由民主党州长领导的州正在购买用于堕胎的药物，以保证它们的供应。

On Monday, the Justice Department appealed Kacsmaryk's ruling.

周一，美国司法部对卡斯马利克的裁决提出上诉。

Also, more than 300 drug company officials signed an open letter calling for the Texas ruling to be struck down.

此外，300多名制药公司官员签署了一封公开信，要求推翻得克萨斯州的裁决。

They said the ruling limits the FDA's power and ignores years of scientific evidence of the drug's safety.

他们表示，这项裁决限制了美国食品药品监督管理局的权力，忽视了多年来有关该药物安全性的科学证据。

Alliance Defending Freedom said in a call with the media early Thursday that it did not plan to ask the Supreme Court to become involved at this point.

捍卫自由联盟周四早些时候在与媒体的通话中表示，其目前不打算要求最高法院介入。

It remains13 unclear if the Supreme Court will take the case.

目前尚不清楚最高法院是否会受理此案。

But the appeal of Kacsmaryk's earlier ruling will continue in the appeals court whether or not all or part of it remains in effect.

但卡斯马利克之前的裁决无论是全部还是部分有效，上诉法院仍将会继续上诉。

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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 restriction jW8x0     
n.限制，约束
参考例句：
  • The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
  • The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。
3 restrictions 81e12dac658cfd4c590486dd6f7523cf     
约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）
参考例句：
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
4 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。
5 pregnancies 2fedeb45162c233ee9e28d81888a2d2c     
怀孕，妊娠( pregnancy的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Since the wartime population needed replenishment, pregnancies were a good sign. 最后一桩倒不失为好现象，战时人口正该补充。
  • She's had three pregnancies in four years. 她在四年中怀孕叁次。
6 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。
7 roe LCBzp     
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？
8 wade nMgzu     
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。
9 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。
10 improper b9txi     
adj.不适当的，不合适的，不正确的，不合礼仪的
参考例句：
  • Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
  • Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。
11 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
12 abortions 4b6623953f87087bb025549b49471574     
n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育
参考例句：
  • The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
  • Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网
13 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

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