VOA常速英语:Abortion Weighs Heavily in Reproductive Rights Debate

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。
range from从...变化到...
例句：Prices range from ￡6 to ￡10.
价钱从六英镑到十英镑不等。
access to有权使用；到某地的通道
例句：Students need easy access to books.
学生需要得到借书的便利。

2. “Multi-sectoral programming that works with adolescent girls and their communities to address the multiple barriers that girls face accessing health services, attending school, preventing early marriage, preventing violence and building the economic assets of girls will contribute to our collective goals of ensuring that girls can safely transition to adulthood and can be economically productive members of their community,” she said.

contribute to促成
例句：Your suggestion has greatly contributed to the accomplishment of our work.
你的建议大大地促进了我们工作的完成。

3. Statistics from the Elliott Institute, who’ve done peer reviewed research into post abortion issues, have found that at least over 60 percent of women are coerced into having abortions.

coerce into迫使做;强迫, 强制
例句：He was coerced into making a confession.
他被迫招供。

4. She said that coercion comes from parents, husbands or boyfriends.

come from由…造成, 源自
例句：Knowledge comes from practice.
知识来自于实践。

5. As for women having control over their own bodies, Hodgson said, “It’s not a question of whether she should have control over her body. She now has a child, not a choice. The issue of children’s rights, right from conception, needs to be addressed.”

have control over控制
例句：The teacher has no control over his students.
这个老师控制不住他的学生。

6. Hodgson says despite that there’s been an increase in illegal or back street abortions because the government has not cracked down on them.

crack down采取严厉措施, 制裁
例句：The police are really beginning to crack down on drivers who park their cars just where they like.
警察真要对那些随便停放汽车的司机采取严厉措施了。

7. She said abortion should be banned under all circumstances, adding that cases in which the mother’s life is in danger are rare.

under all circumstances无论如何
例句：We must be true to our principles under all circumstances.
在任何情况下，我们必须坚持原则。