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mariage homosexuel - woman - abortion Flashcards

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Same sex marriage was legalized in France in

in Wales and England in

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2013

2014

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l’orientation sexuelle

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sexual orientation

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la majorité sexuelle

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the age of consent

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la communauté gay

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the gay community

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une lesbienne

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a lesbian

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un travesti

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a transvestite

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what is LGBT

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LGBT is an abbreviation referring to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender peopla. In use since 1990s, the term LGBT has replaced the adjective “gay” which has felt to be too restrictive.

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Se déclarer ouvertement homosexuel

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to come out (of the closet)

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révéler l’homosexualité de qqn (sans son consentement)

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to out sb

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les droits des homosexuels

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gay rights

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favorable aux homosexuels

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gay-friendly

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un PACS, une union civil

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a civin partnership, a civil union, a domestic partnership

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un(e) petit(e) amie(e) avec qui l’on vit

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a live-in boyfriend / girlfriend

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s’installer ac qqn

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to move in with sb

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se mettre en ménage ac qqn

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to set up house with sb

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avoir des opinions progressistes

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to have liberal views

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une question controversée, un problème sensible

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a hot-button issue

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un problème controversé

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a controversial, contentious issue

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être contre le mariage homosexuel

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to oppose gay marriage, to be opposed to gay marriage

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les opposants au mariage homosexuel

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opponents, critics of gay marriage

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être pour le mariage homosexuel, être favorable au mariage homosexuel

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to support gay marriage

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les partisans du mariage homosexuel

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advocates, supporters, proponents of gay marriage

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les valeurs conservatrices

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conservative values

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un préjugé

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a prejudice

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avoir des préjugés contre qqc

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be prejudiced against sth

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être inflexible au sujet du mariage gay

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to take a tough line on gay marriage

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du sex feminin

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female

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le statut, la place, la position des femmes dans la société

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women’s status in society

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le déséquilibre entre les sexes

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gender imbalance

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les inégalités entre les hommes et les femmes

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gender inequalities

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la guerre entre les sexes

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gender war

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le machisme

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machismo

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les mouvement des femmes, le mouvement pour les droits de la femme

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the Women’s Movement, the women’s rights movement

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s’émanciper

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to become emancipated

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rendre les femmes autonomes

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to empower women

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l’excision

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female circumcision, female genital mutilation

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une femme battue

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a battered wife

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violence conjugale

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domestic violence

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être privé du droit de vote

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to be disenfranchised

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le droit de vote

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the right to vote

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Woman were allowed to to vote in 1893 in New Zealand, in 1917 in Canada and Russiia, in 1918 in the UK, in 1920 in the US, and in … in France

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1944

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tomber enceinte

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to become pregnant

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la pilule (contraceptive)

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the (contraceptive) pill

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prendre la pilule

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to be on the pill

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partir en congé maternité

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to go on maternity leave

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congé parental

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parental leave, career break

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s’occuper de ses enfants

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to look after one’s children

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élever un enfant

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to bring up a child / to raise a child

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l’éducation des enfants

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the upbringing of children, child rearing, parenting

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des enfants d’age scolaire

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school-age children

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une femme au foyer, une ménagère

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a housewife

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faire le ménage

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to do the housework

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faire la cuisine / la lessive / la vaisselle / les courses

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to do the cooking / washing / washing up / shopping

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passer l’aspirateur

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to do the vacuuming / to vacuum

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les appareils ménagers

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domestic appliances

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les tâches ménagères

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household chores

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être confronté à un dilemme

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to be faced with a dilemma

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une crèche / une garderie

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a nursery, a day-care centre (GB), a child-care center

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une nounou, une nourrice

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a nanny

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trouver un équilibre entre travail et famille

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to balance, combine work and family

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jongler pour concilier carrière et famille

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to juggle a career and a family

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concilier

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to reconcile

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les responsabilités familiales

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family responsabilities

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être dépendant financièrement de qqn

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to be financially dependent on sb

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gagner sa vie

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to earn a living, to make a living

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subvenir aux besoins de sa familles

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to support one’s family

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nourrir ses enfants

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to feed one’s children

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être celui qui fait vivre sa famille

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to be the breadwinner

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c’est elle qui fait vivre sa famille

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she is the family wage earner

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les femmes représentent x% de la main d’oeuvre

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woman make up x% of the workforce

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faire carrière

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to have a career

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être une femme qui travaille

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to be a working woman

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travailler à temps partiel ou à mi-temps

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to work part time

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travailler à plein temps

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to work full time

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l’égalité des salaires

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equal pay

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le différentiel de salaire entre les sexes

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the gender pay gap, the gender wage gap

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nommer qqn à un poste

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to appoint sb to a post

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être en concurrence avec les hommes

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to compete with men

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un poste à responsabilités

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a responsible job

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un poste de haut niveau

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a top job

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un emploi subalterne

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a menial job

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réussir sa carrière

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to have a successful career

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les obstacles à la promotion des femmes

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barriers to female advancement

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The phrase glass ceiling

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(sometimes literally translated as plafond de verre) refers to the invisible discrimination that prevents women - but also minotities - from rising to positions of power and responsability. This discrimination is invisible because it is not explicit. Another, longer, translation might be : limite invisible à la promotion de certaines catégories de salariés.

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une chasse gardée pour les hommes

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a male preserve

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introduire une discrimination contre qqn

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to discriminate against sb

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être victime de discrimination

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to be discriminated against

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la parité

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parity

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sous-représenté

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under-represented

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instaurer des quotas

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to introduce quotas

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la discrimination positive

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affirmative action

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l’égalité des chances

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equal opportinity

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atteindre l’égalité avec les hommes

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to achieve equality with men

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Abortion was legalized in Russia in 1920, ine the United Kingdom in 1967, in the United States in 1973, in France in …. , in Germany in 1976 and in Portugal in 2007

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1975

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Tomber enceinte

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to become pregnant

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être enceinte de 6 semaines

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to be 6 weeks pregnant

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passer, faire une échographie

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to have an ultrasound (scan) pregnancy

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les adolescentes enceinte

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teenage pregnancy

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un test de grossesse

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a pregnancy test

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en age de procréer

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of childbearing age

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un avortement

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a abortion

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une interruption volontaire de grossesse, une IVG

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a termination (of pregnancy)

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un avortement tardif

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a late abortion

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avorter, se faire avorter

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to have an abortion

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pratiquer l’avortement

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to perform, carry out abortion

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une clinique pratiquant l’avortement

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an abortion clinic

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provoquer un avortement

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to induce a abortion

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avortement clandestin

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backstreet abortion

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la maternité

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a maternity hospital

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une sage-femme

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a midwife

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une naissance

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a birth

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le taux de natalité, la natalité

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the birth rate

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accoucher d’une fille / d’un garçon

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to give a birth to a girl / a boy

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un prématuré

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a premature baby

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faire une fausse couche

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to have a miscarriage

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mourir en couche

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to die in childbirth

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un enfant mort-né

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a stillborn baby

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un moyen de contraception

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a means of contraception

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le contrôle des naissances

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birth control

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la pilule du lendemain

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the morning-after pill

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prendre la pilule

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to be on the pill

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un contraceptif

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a contraceptive

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une polémique

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a controversy

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un problème controversé

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a controvertial, contentious issue

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l’avortement divise l’opinion

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abortion is a divisive issue

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l’opinion est divisé

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the public are split

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un problème sensible, qui suscite de vives réactions

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a hot-button issue

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le lobby des opposants a l’avortement

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the pro-life lobby

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être contre, s’opposer a l’avortement

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to oppose abortion, to object to abortion

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un militant contre l’avortement

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a pro-live campaigner, a pro-life activist, a pro-lifer

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un militant pour le droit à l’avortement

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a pro-choice campaigner, a pro-choice activist

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