What is Roe v. Wade? Why is it such a controversial and significant decision? And why is the US Supreme Court going to reverse it? By the end of today’s episode of Thinking in English, you should be able to answer all of these questions and have learned some very useful legal English vocabulary!

TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/05/09/what-is-roe-v-wade/

Vocabulary List

To leak (v) - to allow secret information to become generally known

He leaked the names of the suspects to the press

To overturn (v) - to change a legal decision

The Supreme Court overturned their earlier decision

Absolute (adj) - very great or to the largest degree possible

I have absolute faith in her judgement

Trimester (n) - human pregnancy is divided into three month periods called trimesters

Women are usually offered their first scan in the first trimester of pregnancy

Pseudonym (n) - a name someone uses instead of their real name

George Orwell was a pseudonym - his real name was Eric Blair

To terminate (v) - to end or stop

They terminated my contract in October

To hear (v) - officially listened to by a court, council, etc

The case was heard by the High Court

Egregiously (adv) - extremely bad in a way that is very noticeable

The decisions made by that country have been egregiously wrong

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151. What is Roe v. Wade? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

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