Forced abortion 强制引产

　　The city government of Ankang on Thursday evening apologized to a woman who underwent a forced abortion¹ at a hospital in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, adding that officials who have been found to be responsible for the incident will be relieved of their duties.

　　陕西省安康市政府周四晚向被在医院强制引产的一名孕妇道歉，并称将对对此事负责的官员做出停职处理。

　　上面报道中的forced abortion就是“强制引产”，在这儿abortion是指人工terminate pregnancy²（终止妊娠），也可称作induced abortion。我国现行的family planning policy（计划生育政策）规定，引产只能在征得孕妇的written consent（书面同意）下进行，且要坚决杜绝late-stage abortion（大月份引产）。“超生人口”英文表达为extra births。

　　与abortion之相对的是spontaneous abortion（自然流产），也叫miscarriage，是指gestational age（胎龄）不足28周、胎儿体重不足1000g而终止妊娠，其中在妊娠二十周以后流产，称为preterm birth（早产），胎儿有可能存活。常见的自然流产种类还有threatened abortion（先兆流产）、recurrent pregnancy loss (习惯性流产）等。

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 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。