2. 外语
  3. Before 1973, abortion was illegal in America unless the woman’s health was threatened. In March of 1970, Jane Roe, a single wom

Before 1973, abortion was illegal in America unless the woman’s health was threatened. In March of 1970, Jane Roe, a single wom

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问题     Before 1973, abortion was illegal in America unless the woman’s health
was threatened. In March of 1970, Jane Roe, a single woman, instituted this
federal action against the District Attorney of the county. The original idea
was that women who truly did not want a baby should not have to have it. (1)______
Since pregnancy may be a blessed act when planned or wanted, forced (2)______
pregnancy, like any forced bodily invasion, is anathema to American values
and traditions. As legalized abortion has become an everyday part of Ameri
can life, a different side to it has emerged out. (3)______
    Where women once were aborting because they did not want a child, the
reasons being given now were becoming very different. Abortion has turned (4) _____
into something that women are being coerced from boyfriends/ husbands (5)_____
unwilling to be fathers, out of fear of the financial pressure, out of panic
from losing their jobs, out of panic from having to quit the school, or be- (6)_____
coming homeless, or out of fear of their parents kicking them out into the street.
    Abortion for these reasons can lead to problems which develops when
a woman is unable to get round her emotional responses resulting from the (7)_____
trauma of an abortion. There are women who abort and do so completely of her (8)______
own free will. These women have no regrets, no remorse, but are happy they (9)______
had this choice available. But a growing number of women are speaking up
about how abortion effected them adversely. (10)______
(4)
选项
答案were — are
解析 时态的选择一定要“因时制宜”，不能生搬硬套，往往一篇文章，甚至一句话中用的时态也是不一致的，要根据具体情况而定。虽然这一句从句中是过去时态，但是主句中谈的是“现在”的情况，所以应当用现在时态。
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