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Abortion¹ providers in some states win reprieves³ in state courts

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Abortion providers in Louisiana are preparing to resume procedures on Tuesday after a victory in state court. For the staff at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, it's been a chaotic⁵ few days.

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Abortion providers in at least a couple of states have been told they can resume procedures after winning reprieves in state court. So far, judges in Utah and Louisiana are allowing abortions⁶ to continue. In several other states - including Texas, Kentucky and Mississippi - abortion rights advocates are challenging trigger bans that are taking effect after last week's Supreme⁷ Court decision overturning Roe⁸ v. Wade⁹. NPR's Sarah McCammon takes us to one clinic in Shreveport, La., where staff members have been telling patients they can come back today.

(CROSSTALK)

SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE¹⁰: At Hope Medical Group for Women, it's been a chaotic few days.

KATHALEEN PITTMAN: We've gone from nightmare to, you know, elation¹¹. But, you know, it's just been all over the place.

MCCAMMON: Kathaleen Pittman is the administrator¹² at the clinic in Shreveport, where she's worked for 30 years. On Friday, when the U.S. Supreme Court released the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, upending decades of protections for abortion rights, she had patients in the waiting room.

PITTMAN: So we had - explaining to staff, explaining to patients. I don't know who cried harder, the staff or the patients. And, you know, there was a lot of anger.

MCCAMMON: But then Monday morning, a judge in New Orleans granted a temporary restraining order, siding with Lawyers for Hope Medical Group who argued the state's multiple abortion bans are confusing and that it was unclear which restrictions¹³ were actually in effect. The judge scheduled a hearing for next month. In the meantime, the clinic can resume abortions. And Pittman's staff is trying to get back in touch with patients they turned away on Friday.

PITTMAN: We're contacting them and trying to put them back on the schedule as quickly as we can.

(SOUNDBITE OF PHONE RINGING)

STEFFI CHAFFEE: Hope Medical Group. This is Steffi. May I help you?

MCCAMMON: Meanwhile, news has spread that the clinic is starting procedures again. But it's already fully¹⁴ booked. Steffi Chaffee has to tell anyone calling for the first time they're probably out of luck.

CHAFFEE: Yeah, honey. We got a temporary restraining order, so we're back to being able to schedule. What, did you have an appointment with us or what? You waiting for your first visit? OK, well, we're not scheduling for first visits right now, honey. We're already booked up. So - well, I understand, honey, the whole thing isn't fair.

MCCAMMON: Kathaleen Pittman says some patients who had appointments are now too far along in their pregnancies¹⁵ to be seen or too far away already.

PITTMAN: Some of them won't be able to make it back, truth be told. We know this.

MCCAMMON: Not to mention the almost 500 people on the waiting list. The clinic has been flooded with calls from Texas since that state's law banning most abortions after six weeks took effect in September.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Louisiana's so-called trigger laws are temporarily blocked. This after a lawsuit¹⁶ called them into question.

MCCAMMON: On a small TV in the waiting room, an image of the clinic's front door flashes on the screen as Pittman and Chaffee watched the local news.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Hope Medical Group says it's trying to serve as many patients as possible.

CHAFFEE: Oh, it's the opening.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Coming up tonight at 5, we'll take a look at what the state's attorney general has to say.

CHAFFEE: Oh, I'd love to hear what Jeff Landry has to say.

MCCAMMON: So far, Landry, Louisiana's Republican attorney general, has vowed¹⁷ to defend his state's abortion restrictions. Pittman says she understands that her victory in Louisiana state court may well be only temporary.

PITTMAN: To someone on the outside looking in, they may see it as a fruitless battle. And to that, I would refer you to the patients that are seen in the meantime because it means all the world to them.

MCCAMMON: Meanwhile, abortion rights advocates challenging trigger bans in a growing number of states are hoping for a similar reprieve², however brief, for patients across the country.

Sarah McCammon, NPR News, Shreveport, La.

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 reprieve   

n.暂缓执行（死刑）；v.缓期执行；给…带来缓解

参考例句：

• He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来。
• The railway line, due for closure, has been granted a six-month reprieve.本应停运的铁路线获准多运行6 个月。

3 reprieves   

n.（死刑）缓期执行令( reprieve的名词复数 )；暂缓，暂止v.缓期执行（死刑）( reprieve的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Death: You all say that. But I grant no reprieves. 死神：你总是这样说，但是，我不再容许拖延。 来自互联网

4 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。

5 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

6 abortions   

n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育

参考例句：

• The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
• Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网

7 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。

8 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？

9 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

10 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。

11 elation   

n.兴高采烈，洋洋得意

参考例句：

• She showed her elation at having finally achieved her ambition.最终实现了抱负，她显得十分高兴。
• His supporters have reacted to the news with elation.他的支持者听到那条消息后兴高采烈。

12 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

13 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

14 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

15 pregnancies   

怀孕，妊娠( pregnancy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Since the wartime population needed replenishment, pregnancies were a good sign. 最后一桩倒不失为好现象，战时人口正该补充。
• She's had three pregnancies in four years. 她在四年中怀孕叁次。

16 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

17 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。