短新闻泛读 | Day 6：Restriction On Abortion，美国

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Supreme Court's ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Abortion is no long a federal constitutional right, leaving it to states to decide whether abortion is illegal.

abortion:堕胎

Roe was egregiously wrong from the start.

Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences...It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives."

egregiously:骇人听闻的

--shockingly bad

heed:

--pay attention to one's advice

people's elected representatives

民选代表

26 states are expected to ban or severely restrict abortion rights in wake of the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

ruling:判决、裁定

overturn:推翻、撒销

in the wake of sth. =as a result of sth. 随之而来的，作为结果

I am heartbroken that we may now be destined to learn the painful lessons of a time before Roe was made law of the land-a time when women risked losing their lives

getting illegal abortions. A time when the government denied women control over their reproductive functions, forced them to move forward with pregnancies they didn't want, and then abandoned them once their babies were born.

Deny, force, abandon.

move forward with pregnancies

继续怀孕

be destined to:注定做某事

-be certain to meet a fate

reproductive functions 生殖生育功能

That is what our mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers lived through, and now here we are again."

The Walt Disney Co. said Friday it would cover employee travel expenses for abortions in light of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, the latest corporate giant to make the move as companies scramble to adjust to the new reality.

The benefit covers the cost of travel for "family planning" for any worker who cannot access care where they live, Disney said, including "pregnancy- related decisions. "The company employs 195,000 worldwide, including roughly 80,000 in Florida.

A torrent of similar announcements rolled in Friday from companies such as Netflix, Paramount, Sony and Comcast, underscoring corporate America's unusual role in safeguarding reproductive rights following the high court's ruling on Dobbs v.

Jackson.

torrent:急流

--a strong and fast-moving stream

sth. roll in:

--sth.be received in large amount

underscore:

corporate America:美国企业界

safeguard:

--to protect

在，，之后: in the wake of, as the result of, following