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Americans do not realize how safe abortions are.?

The public debate on abortion has become increasingly fraught, but many Americans remain uninformed on the issue.?

Medication abortion/ Surgical abortion

fraught:不安的，憂心忡忡的

-anxious、stressed、worried、upset?

those are synonyms of焦慮不安

uninformed：無(wú)知的，閉塞的

-inform告知

--uninformed: ignorant, unaware

This ignorance means they are unaware that most abortions in America are carried out with medication.?

In a recent survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of The Economist, 38% of Americans reckoned that surgical termination was most common.?

conduct:進(jìn)行、開(kāi)展

--conduct a meeting/test/research/poll

reckon:認(rèn)為

--to think

The share of terminations carried out with pills rose from 39% in 2017 to 54% in 2020, according to a survey by the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice research group.?

pro-choice:主張自由選擇人工流產(chǎn)的

pro-choice research group?

believes that a pregnant woman should be able to choose to have abortion if she wants.?

Respondents to the YouGov survey in Europe had a better understanding of the procedure.?