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肯尼亚护士做流产手术被判死刑

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A Kenyan nurse has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of carrying out an abortion¹ five years ago on a woman who later bled to death.

肯尼亚一位护士因五年前实施了一例流产手术被判死刑，被实施手术的女性后来因流血死亡。

Abortions² are illegal in Kenya, but a doctor is allowed to perform one if a woman's life is in danger.

Witnesses told the high court that Jackson Namunya Tali had agreed to help the woman, Christine Atieno, who wanted to terminated³ her early pregnancy⁴.

But Tali said Ms Atieno had sought help after a botched abortion elsewhere.

Thousands of women in Kenya are treated each year for complications⁵ after unsafe abortions - a survey last year put the figure in 2012 at 120,000.

The court heard that Ms Atieno had died in Tali's vehicle as he was taking her from the clinic in Gachie, 15km (nine miles) west of the capital, Nairobi, to another hospital for more advanced treatment.

She had been bleeding for eight days following the abortion.

Judge Nicholas Ombija said the court had established "that the accused caused the death of the deceased" and convicted⁶ him of murder.

Kenya has not carried out a death sentence since 1987.

The BBC's Muliro Telewa in Nairobi says campaigners tried unsuccessfully to get abortion legalised when Kenya adopted a new constitution in 2010.

Religious leaders fiercely opposed the move, though the law was slightly relaxed.

Three doctors had been needed to certify⁷ that an abortion was necessary to save the life of the mother. Now only one doctor is required.

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1 abortion
n.流产，堕胎
参考例句：
She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。 A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

2 abortions
n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育
参考例句：
The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。来自互联网 Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。来自互联网

3 terminated
terminate的过去式
参考例句：
The agreement between us is terminated forthwith. 我们之间的协议立即终止。 His contract was abruptly terminated. 他的合同意外地终止了。

4 pregnancy
n.怀孕，怀孕期
参考例句：
Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。 Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

5 complications
（新出现的）困难，难题( complication的名词复数 )；并发症；曲折
参考例句：
Complications set in, and the patient died. 病人因出现并发症而死亡。 Normally there are no complications with the medicine. 服用这种药按理不会产生并发症。

6 convicted
adj.已被判刑的，被宣布有罪的动词convict的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句：
He was convicted of fraud. 他被判犯有诈骗罪。 He was convicted at a court martial. 他在军事法庭上被判有罪。

7 certify
vt.证明，证实；发证书(或执照)给
参考例句：
I can certify to his good character.我可以证明他品德好。 This swimming certificate is to certify that I can swim one hundred meters.这张游泳证是用以证明我可以游100米远。

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