现实版《使女的故事》。
前段时间，美国阿拉巴马州因为通过了“最严格堕胎法案”被推到舆论的风口浪尖。
法律规定几乎所有堕胎都是非法的。进行非法堕胎的医生可能面临长达99年的监禁。
In May, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed the nation’s strictest abortion law, which would outlaw almost all abortions in the state without exceptions for victims of rape and incest. The law has not yet gone into effect.
今年5月，阿拉巴马州州长Kay Ivey签署了全美国最严格的堕胎法，该法将禁止该州几乎所有的堕胎行为，包括强奸和乱伦受害者。法律尚未生效。
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这一次，阿拉巴马州又因为强调胎儿权利上了各大媒体头条。
争议源于一名不幸遭枪击的孕妇。因为肚子上被人开了一枪，导致未出生的孩子死亡，这名孕妇被指控过失杀人罪。
事情要从2018年说起。
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In December, Jones — then five months pregnant — got into an altercation with a 23-year-old woman outside of a store. The woman, Ebony Jemison, pulled out a gun and shot Jones in the stomach. Jones miscarried shortly after.
去年12月，当时怀孕5个月的Jones在一家商店外与一名23岁的女子发生了口角。那个叫Ebony Jemison的女子随即拔出枪，射中了Jones的肚子。Jones不久就流产了。
按正常逻辑，开枪的Ebony Jemison应该被起诉。
但是阿拉巴马州的大陪审团不这么认为。
A jury declined to indict her, saying that Jones initiated the altercation and that Jemison was acting in self-defense when she shot at Jones.
陪审团拒绝起诉Ebony Jemison，称是Jones引发了争吵，Jemison朝Jones开枪是在自卫。
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就在本周三，Jones因过失杀人罪被杰斐逊县大陪审团起诉，原因就是她不顾自己怀孕，挑起争执，从而过失导致胎儿死亡。而开枪的女子则逍遥法外。
A grand jury indicted Jones in May on a charge of manslaughter over her unborn baby’s death, according to local prison records. Police accused her of starting the fight that led to her being shot by Jemison and for failing to protect her unborn child.
陪审团5月份指控Jones过失杀人导致未出生婴儿的死亡。警方指控她主动挑起这场纷争，导致被射击，并且在这个过程中没有保护自己的孩子。
The indictment against Jones, unsealed on Thursday, says Jones “intentionally caused the death of …. unborn baby Jones by initiating a fight knowing she was five months pregnant.”
周四公布的起诉书上写道，Jones“故意导致了腹中未出生的婴儿的死亡，她知道自己怀孕5个月，还挑起纷争。”
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如果被判定有罪Jones 将面临20年的牢狱生活。
Jones的起诉书引起了妇女权利团体和堕胎权利倡导者的愤怒和担心：是不是以后孕妇一切可能危及婴儿出生的行为都是刑事犯罪了？！
Losing a pregnancy is NOT a crime—but Marshae Jones has been indicted for manslaughter because she miscarried after being shot.
流产不是犯罪，然而Marshae Jones却因为遭枪击流产，被指控过失杀人。
“Marshae Jones is being charged with manslaughter for being pregnant and getting shot while engaging in an altercation with a person who had a gun,” Amanda Reyes of the Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion rights advocacy group, said in a statement. “Tomorrow, it will be another black woman, maybe for having a drink while pregnant. And after that, another, for not obtaining adequate prenatal care.”
堕胎权利倡导组织Yellowhammer基金会的Amanda Reyes在一份声明中说：“Marshae Jones因怀孕和持枪者发生口角而被指控过失杀人。”“明天，可能是另一个黑人妇女，因为怀孕时喝酒被指控。或者是没有做足够的产前护理被指控。”
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网友也觉得这次的事件有点过分，简直是现实版《使女的故事》。
发生在Jones身上的事太可怕了。这不是一个孤立的事件。遭遇一场车祸，被玩具绊倒，从楼梯上摔下来，或者在家里什么都没做就流产了。遭遇这些不幸的女人都要受到惩罚吗。
这起案件（可能）会成为拘留意外流产妇女的先例。法官必须非常谨慎地判决。
那么，如果阿拉巴马州的父母没有照看好孩子，导致孩子不小心淹死在后院的游泳池里，他们会不会因为过失杀人而被起诉？或者只针对未出生的胎儿……？
讲真，是时候把阿拉巴马这个州踢出去了！！！
（来源：环球时报Global Times）
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