This article aims to introduce and comment on how crime of abortion was established in America, the relative disputes and so on.

本文就堕胎罪在美国的产生与确立、有关堕胎罪的争议以及关于堕胎罪的典型判例等相关问题做初步的介绍与评述。

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However, by the end of the 19th century, the majority of states had adopted statutes that made it a crime to either perform or obtain an abortion, except to save the life of a pregnant woman.

但直到19世纪末，多数州通过的立法还规定，施行堕胎或接受堕胎都是刑事犯罪，为挽救孕妇生命而进行的堕胎例外。

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It's the canonical crime of abortion, which Peters said more aptly applies to abortion providers, that would incur automatic excommunication and require a bishop's intervention.

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Edward Peters, a canon lawyer at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, said Francis' statement seems to assume that the "sin" of abortion and the "crime" of abortion are treated equally under church law.

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It has been used successfully in the past in difficult subject areas, such as wildlife crime in South Africa, on issues of abortion in Catholic countries, and tax evasion in the Netherlands.

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