The legalisation of abortion?

堕胎合法化？

Give legalisation time, you may say.

你或许会说，给合法化一些时间吧。

But that does not undercut the general case for legalisation.

但这并不会对合法化的总体情况造成不良影响。

In every age group, more people favour than oppose legalisation.

在每个年龄段中，赞成合法化的人数都要高于反对的人数。

The fight for clearer rules conceals a drive for legalisation

争取更明确的法规背后，隐藏着的是对合法化的追求。

This newspaper first argued for legalisation 20 years ago (see article).

本报20年前第一次主张合法化。

Legalisation may have been a noble intention, but it looks as if it is not working.

合法化可能是一个高尚的意图，但它看起来似乎并不奏效。

Hence the second argument: legalisation offers the opportunity to deal with addiction properly.

因此第二个理由是：合法化为适当的治疗上瘾者提供了机会。

But the mere fact of the ballot's existence is an astonishing victory for legalisation advocates.

但是，仅从投票就可以看到，合法化的呼吁已经获得令人震惊的胜利。

Despite the defeat in California, the movement towards legalisation has strengthened a lot in recent years.

尽管在加利福利亚失败了，合法化的运动最近几年壮大了许多。

In a provocative paper based on game theory, Mr Basu argues for the legalisation of some kinds of bribe-giving.

在一份基于博弈论的挑拨性的文件中，巴苏先生为部分行贿行为合法性争辩。

Ben and Jerry's Hubby Hubby ice cream, renamed to celebrate the legalisation of gay marriage in Vermont. Photograph: Ben and Jerry's.

Ben and Jerry ' s的‘老公老公’款冰淇淋是为庆祝同性婚姻在佛蒙特州合法化而改名的。

To persuade those who do not accept the libertarian argument for legalisation, supporters have emphasised two other lines of reasoning.

为了说服这些不接受对合法化进行自由辩论的人，支持者们强调了其它两条原因。

Legalisation would not drive gangsters completely out of drugs; as with alcohol and cigarettes, there would be taxes to avoid and rules to subvert.

立法不能把罪犯从药品行业中完全地驱除出去；就像酒精和香烟一样，会有各种税收来避免其犯罪，并有各种规则对其进行削弱。

Legalisation has not made euthanasia more common, Dutch experts insist: the main effect is to improve communication between doctors, patients and families.

荷兰的专家坚持合法化没有提高安乐死率：主要结果是改善医生、病人、与家庭之间的交流。

A handful of national figures have called for a debate on legalisation, including Arnold Schwarzenegger in California and Terry Goddard, the attorney-general of Arizona.

有几个全国性人物曾要求对合法化进行辩论，他们包括加利福尼亚州的阿诺德·施瓦辛格和亚利桑那州的检察总长特里·戈达德。

The Boston Herald started the week with an article on the critical opinions of two top Harvard Law School professors who have taken up the legalisation of poker cause.

波士顿先驱报开始了本周的一篇文章就批评意见的两位哈佛法学院教授，他们已采取了合法化的扑克事业。

Legalisation would not only drive away the gangsters; it would transform drugs from a law-and-order problem into a public-health problem, which is how they ought to be treated.

合法化不仅会减少犯罪；而且会使毒品由“法律与秩序”的问题转变为公共健康问题，这是对待毒品的正确态度。

Calderon stressed that he personally still opposed legalisation, but his willingness to debate the idea was, for some, a resounding crack in the international drug policy edifice.

卡尔德龙强调，他本人仍然反对毒品合法化，但他愿意参与讨论，对国际毒品政策予以有力的回击。