2019-04-11

The new push to overturn Roe v Wade
A dozen states have introduced “heartbeat” bills that would ban early abortion
原文来源：The Economist 2019-4-13

Article

https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-04-11/

Notes

by and large
大体上，总的来说

they continue to hold ground on one front
坚守阵地
front

a particular area of activity 活动领域；阵线
Things are looking unsettled on the economic front.
经济战线上的情况显得不稳定。
Progress has been made on all fronts.
各方面都取得了进展。

abortion
堕胎

But they have not moved in a similar direction on women’s right to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
A有了很大的发展，但是B却没有像A那样，对比；堕胎的另一种说法

the Supreme Court ruled it a constitutional right in Roe v Wade.

a legal case in the US Supreme Court that decided that ABORTION is allowed by the Constitution 罗诉韦德案（美国最高法院判决堕胎不违宪的案件）

blood-spattered film
鲜血四溅的电影，很血腥

pro-lifer
反堕胎的人

has become a box-office hit.
热门电影

Americans’ antipathy to abortion
对堕胎的反感

ban abortion from the moment a fetal heartbeat is detectable.
婴儿的心跳被检测到
That happens around the sixth week of pregnancy

the bills come close to being total abortion bans.
几乎等同于

pro-lifers have for the most part focused on chipping away at Roe
在极大程度上，多半

chip a'way at sth： to keep breaking small pieces off sth 不停地削（或凿）
He was chipping away at the stone.
他不停地凿那块石头。
(figurative) They chipped away at the power of the government (= gradually made it weaker).
他们不断削弱政府的权力。

admit patients to a nearby hospital

admit sb to/ into a hospital, an institution, etc. to take sb to a hospital, or other institution where they can receive special care 接收入院；收治
Two crash victims were admitted to the local hospital.
两位车祸受害者已送进当地医院。