強暴懷孕都得生
The Irish government announced that it will hold a referendum to relax the country’s strict anti-abortion laws by the end of May, 35 years after the predominantly Catholic country enshrined abortion as a crime according to its constitution.
愛爾蘭政府宣布，今年五月底，國內將就放寬嚴格反墮胎法律進行公民投票，35年來在這個以天主教徒為主的國家，憲法一直規定墮胎屬於犯罪行為。
relax(v.)放寬法律predominantly(adv.)佔絕大多數地enshrine(v.)載入(法律、憲法)
Speaking out after a four-hour cabinet meeting, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he would advocate a “yes” vote to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution.
愛爾蘭總理瓦拉德卡在歷時4小時的內閣會議後表示，他將會倡議民眾投下「贊成」票，廢除愛爾蘭憲法第八修正案。
advocate(v.)提倡;倡議repeal(v.)(n.)廢除、廢止、撤銷(法律)
Ireland’s 8th amendment was voted into the constitution in 1983, and it recognizes the equal rights for the life of a fetus and the mother during pregnancy.
愛爾蘭憲法第八修正案於1983年通過，承認未出生嬰兒和母親有同等生命權。
fetus(n.)胎兒pregnancy(n.)懷孕(期間)
The measure bans abortions at any point during pregnancy, including in cases of incest and rape, except when the woman is in immediate danger of death.
該條文禁止在懷孕期間任何時間點墮胎，包括亂倫和強暴也不得墮胎，除非母親有立即死亡的危險。
Those who have abortions can receive prison terms of up to 14 years.
墮胎者最長可處14年有期徒刑。
prison terms刑期
Referring to thousands of Irish women who travel abroad every year to terminate their pregnancies and the thousands of others who take abortion pills without medical supervision, Varadkar said: “We already have abortion — unsafe, unregulated, unlawful. We cannot continue to export our problem and import our solution.”
在提到每年有數千名愛爾蘭女性到國外墮胎，及數千人在沒有醫療監督下服用流產藥物時，瓦拉德卡表示：「目前我國的墮胎是不安全、不受監督、不合法的，我們不能繼續出口問題和進口解決方案。」
refer to~提及;提到terminate(v.)終止;結束supervision(n.)監督unregulated(adj.)不受監督的
According to statistics released by UK health officials, more than 3,000 Irish women traveled to Britain for abortions in 2016, and more than 160,000 have done so since 1980.
根據英國衛生部官員公布的數據，2016年有超過3千名愛爾蘭女性到英國墮胎，自1980年後共有超過16萬名。
The exact wording of the referendum has not been determined, but in the event of a yes vote, Irish parliament would be granted powers to draft legislation allowing for abortion up to 12 weeks, according to the health minister, Simon Harris.
愛爾蘭衛生部長哈里斯表示，公投具體內容尚未確定，但若公投通過，愛爾蘭國會將被賦予權力起草立法，使12週內墮胎不受限制。
wording(n.)措辭;用詞in the event of~如果發生;萬一draft(v.)起草legislation(n.)法律;立法
According to a recent Irish Times poll, 56% of Irish voters support changes to the Eighth Amendment.
根據《愛爾蘭時報》近期的一項民調顯示，56％的愛爾蘭投票者支持修改第八修正案。
It also showed that 113 Irish members of Parliament and senators are in favor of the repeal of the amendment, while 52 oppose change and the other 52 were undecided or chose not to say.
此外，民調也顯示，113位愛爾蘭國會議員和參議員支持廢除修正案，52名不支持，另有52尚未決定或選擇不表態。
in favor of~ 支持=supportoppose(v.)反對=be opposed to~=object to~