If we want to worry about when,if ever, is an abortion justified,it might be worth getting clear on, when do creatures like us start?

如果我们想要弄清楚，堕胎在什么时候是可以接受的，就要弄清楚，我们这样的生命是何时开始的？

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And a lot of people think that, you know, that qualifies as murder or abortion and they're opposed to that.

许多人认为，那样做的性质等于谋杀或者堕胎，所以他们反对。

干细胞和伦理 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It tries to shrine for women certain rights within the home: the citizenship to the number and spacing of their children. Well, that makes people opposed to abortion very very worried or the family planning.

这项条款致力于保护妇女,在家庭里的权利：,包括，公民权，抉择子女数量以及空间权,这一点使得那些反对堕胎,反对计划生育的人非常焦虑。

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Abortion, adoption... things like same sex marriage, the constitutionality of different forms of marriage.

例如堕胎、收养、同性婚姻，以及各种形式的婚姻的合宪性问题。

发挥创造力的瞬间 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Clearly,these issues are relevant for thinking about the morality of abortion.

显然，这个问题和堕胎是否道德也有关系。

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for the same reasons that they would be opposed to abortion,

也越反对人工流产，

关于干细胞的研究 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

If we have a debate about abortion in this class, people--some people might say, "Look. The fetus is a sentient being and as such it has a right to survive and shouldn't be killed by its mother."

如果我们在课常上以堕胎展开辩论，有些人可能会说，“胎儿是有知觉的生命体,所以它有生存的权利,它的母亲不应该扼杀它”

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