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While abortion¹ restrictions² spread across the U.S., access expands in Latin America

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Some abortion rights advocates in the U.S. are seeking inspiration from their counterparts in Latin American countries where abortion access has expanded in recent years.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

While abortion restrictions spread across the United States, abortion access has been expanding in Latin America. Some abortion rights advocates in the U.S. are now turning to the south for ideas and support. NPR's Sarah McCammon reports.

SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE⁴: As an immigrant from Colombia to the United States, Paula Avila-Guillen has watched the two countries move further apart on abortion rights.

PAULA AVILA-GUILLEN: Right now, we are in very different paths.

MCCAMMON: Avila-Guillen is executive director of the Women's Equality Center in New York, which works on abortion rights across the Americas. She notes that over the past few years, her colleagues in Colombia, Argentina and Mexico have seen victories either via the courtroom or through legislation.

AVILA-GUILLEN: And in the United States, we are going backwards⁵. So I think that there is a very crucial moment to learn from each other, to exchange ideas.

MCCAMMON: This week, abortion rights advocates from several Latin American countries and the U.S. met in Washington to do just that.

UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Chanting in Spanish).

MCCAMMON: With the U.S. Capitol as a backdrop, they gathered in D.C.'s Freedom Plaza⁶, chanting and tossing green handkerchiefs into the air.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Speaking Spanish).

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MCCAMMON: The bandanas have become a symbol of reproductive rights in Latin America, a symbol they hope will spread across the U.S. as restrictions spread across many states. Meanwhile, Latin American anti-abortion rights activists⁷, like Julia Regina de Cardenal, are drawing inspiration from last summer's U.S. Supreme⁸ Court decision upending abortion rights.

JULIA REGINA DE CARDENAL: This has repercussion⁹ in the whole world.

MCCAMMON: Regina de Cardenal, who spoke¹⁰ by phone from El Salvador, leads a group affiliated¹¹ with Human Life International, an organization based in the U.S. that promotes abortion restrictions around the world.

REGINA DE CARDENAL: For us, it was the best news that the United States finally got to tell their citizens that killing¹² babies in the womb is not a human right.

MCCAMMON: For abortion rights supporters in Latin America, the goal is to expand access even in those countries where it's already legal. One idea, Avila-Guillen says, is to set up funds like those in the U.S. that help patients pay for things like travel and child care.

AVILA-GUILLEN: One of the challenges that we are facing is how we implement¹³ successfully these laws.

MCCAMMON: She says they're also working to strengthen networks that supply abortion pills across the region. Maria Antonieta Alcalde is director of the abortion rights group Ipas in Latin America and the Caribbean.

MARIA ANTONIETA ALCALDE: We have been working for more than a year, building those networks that are working from Mexico in Texas, but in other states. And we know that there are ways to put the supplies in the hands of women.

MCCAMMON: With a ruling in Texas expected any day that could curtail¹⁴ access to abortion pills, Latin American activists say they're preparing to work across borders to help patients in the U.S.

Sarah McCammon, NPR News, Washington.

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1 abortion   

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 restrictions   

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

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

6 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 supreme   

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。

9 repercussion   

n.[常pl.](不良的)影响，反响，后果

参考例句：

• After being put out,service has received very good market repercussion.服务推出后收到了非常好的市场反响。
• The president's death had unexpected repercussion.总统的逝世引起出乎意料的反响。

10 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

11 affiliated   

adj. 附属的, 有关连的

参考例句：

• The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
• All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。

12 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

13 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

14 curtail   

vt.截短，缩短；削减

参考例句：

• The government hopes to curtail public spending.政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
• The minister had to curtail his visit.部长不得不缩短访问日期。