n. [妇产]堕胎（abortion 的复数）；多次流产
induced abortionn. [医]人工流产
spontaneous abortion自然流产；自发性流产
1.He was acquitted in March on charges that he performed 19 illegal abortions in 2003.
2003年提勒被指控进行了19次非法堕胎手术，他在三月份获得无罪开释。
2.Thisis almost identical to the rate in Europe—28—where legal abortions are widelyavailable.
这几乎与欧洲的数字——28[font=宋体]——一样，在那里，堕胎可都是合法的。
3.In North America, we can feel grave concern only for the women who are forced to have abortions.
在北美，我们能感受到那些对被强迫堕胎的妇女的过分关注。
4.Reducing the number of abortions is a worthy goal.
减少堕胎人数的努力值得一试。
5.Hotline operators also arrange free abortions for teen girls.
热线电话的操作员也会为少女们安排免费堕胎服务。
6.Between 1947 (when abortion was legalised) and 1957, the birth rate was cut in half due to abortions.
1947年(当时人工流产已经合法化)到1957年间，因为流产手术，出生率减半。