Supporters of abortion rights held a lunch recently in honor of a momentous victory for their cause: 40 years ago, New York became the first state to fully legalize abortion. That 1970 law began to reduce the death and injury toll from back-alley abortions and set the stage for the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, which made abortion legal nationwide and recognized a constitutional right to privacy.
But abortion-rights groups are newly anxious about new assaults on women’s reproductive rights, including a fight over abortion that snarled the last days of the health care reform debate. Anti-abortion groups are newly emboldened. Kelli Conlin, head of Naral Pro-Choice New York, told guests at the lunch that "anti-choice forces are mobilizing in every single state to limit a woman’s access to abortion in more insidious ways than we can imagine. "
As Ms. Conlin was speaking, members of the Oklahoma House were getting ready to override vetoes of two punishing abortion measures. The state’s Democratic governor, Brad Henry, rightly viewed these intrusions into women’s lives and decision-making as unconstitutional. One of the measures, which seems destined to spawn copycat bills in other states, requires women to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion and further mandates that a doctor or technician set up the monitor so the woman can see it and hear a detailed description of the fetus. The other law grants protection from lawsuits to doctors who deliberately withhold fetal testing results that might affect a woman’s decision about whether to carry her pregnancy to term.
Several states have either passed or are considering bills that would ban abortion coverage in insurance plans sold through the state exchanges established by the federal health care law. A new Utah law criminalizes certain behavior by women that results in miscarriage. Embarking on a road that could lead to the Supreme Court, Nebraska last month banned most abortions at the 20th week of pregnancy based on a questionable theory of fetal pain. About two dozen states are looking at bills to increase counseling requirements or waiting periods prior to abortions. About 20 states are considering new ultrasound requirements. "One in three women in this country will have an abortion in her lifetime, and yet we’re having exactly the same discussions and debates we were having forty years ago," Ms. Conlin said.
Anti-abortion forces aim ultimately to make abortion illegal. So far, by reducing the number of abortion providers, making insurance coverage more expensive and harder to get, and throwing up other obstacles, they have primarily succeeded in making it harder for women of modest and meager means to obtain a safe and legal medical procedure.
The painful decision to end a pregnancy should be made in private between a woman and her doctor—not in politically driven debate among members of Congress and state legislatures.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an anti-abortion endeavor

A:Specifying the conditions under which abortion can occur. B:Reducing or banning abortion coverage in insurance plans. C:Allowing one in three women to undergo abortion. D:Raising the amount of abortion insurance coverage.

When an associate of the Mus6e d’Art Moderne Andr6-Malraux in Normandy flipped through the catalogue for the auction of impressionist art at Sotheby’s in New York on November 2nd, he made a startling discovery. On sale was "Blanchisseuses souffrant des dents", a painting by Edgar Degas, which had been stolen in 1973 from a museum where it had been on loan from the Louvre. After being alerted by the French authorities, Sotheby’s dropped the painting from the sale. Now an investigation is under way. The owner is likely to lose it without compensation when it is returned to France. Like most art collectors, the owner had no art-title insurance, which would have provided compensation for the painting’s value.
"Theft accounts for only a quarter of title disputes," says Judith Pearson, a co-founder of ARIS, a small insurance firm that has been selling title insurance since 2006 and which was taken over by Argo Group, a bigger insurer, earlier this month. Three-quarters of squabbles occur in cases of divorce or inheritance. A work of art may also carry liens after being used as a collateral for a loan. More rarely, two or more artists may collaborate but then disagree about who has authority to flog their co-production.
Does the risk of title disputes warrant the cost of title insurance ARIS charges a one-off premium of between 1.75% and 6% of the art’s value. In return the company will cover the legal costs in case of a title dispute and compensate for the agreed value of the art if their client loses the ownership dispute. ARIS has so far written about 1,000 policies and has not yet had a claim.
An alternative to art-title insurance is for collectors to do due diligence about the provenance of a work of art themselves. Yet many do not have the time or the tools to carry out such research, which is a complex undertaking as there is no central register of art ownership. And even sophisticated collectors get it wrong, as the clients of Salander-O’Reilly, a New York art gallery, discovered. It collapsed spectacularly in 2007 after it emerged that it had dealt in stolen art and defrauded its clients in a Madoffian manner for years. Such cases are exceptional, but as the market booms and the value of art increases, more art lovers will look for additional assurances that their art is really theirs.
Collectors have difficulties in investigating the source of arts because______.

A:they can purchase title insurance B:there is no registered centre for title insurance C:they are unable to distinguish D:many do not have the time or the tools to carry out such researches______.

Supporters of abortion rights held a lunch recently in honor of a momentous victory for their cause: 40 years ago, New York became the first state to fully legalize abortion. That 1970 law began to reduce the death and injury toll from back-alley abortions and set the stage for the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, which made abortion legal nationwide and recognized a constitutional right to privacy.
But abortion-rights groups are newly anxious about new assaults on women’s reproductive rights, including a fight over abortion that snarled the last days of the health care reform debate. Anti-abortion groups are newly emboldened. Kelli Conlin, head of Naral Pro-Choice New York, told guests at the lunch that "anti-choice forces are mobilizing in every single state to limit a woman’s access to abortion in more insidious ways than we can imagine. "
As Ms. Conlin was speaking, members of the Oklahoma House were getting ready to override vetoes of two punishing abortion measures. The state’s Democratic governor, Brad Henry, rightly viewed these intrusions into women’s lives and decision-making as unconstitutional. One of the measures, which seems destined to spawn copycat bills in other states, requires women to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion and further mandates that a doctor or technician set up the monitor so the woman can see it and hear a detailed description of the fetus. The other law grants protection from lawsuits to doctors who deliberately withhold fetal testing results that might affect a woman’s decision about whether to carry her pregnancy to term.
Several states have either passed or are considering bills that would ban abortion coverage in insurance plans sold through the state exchanges established by the federal health care law. A new Utah law criminalizes certain behavior by women that results in miscarriage. Embarking on a road that could lead to the Supreme Court, Nebraska last month banned most abortions at the 20th week of pregnancy based on a questionable theory of fetal pain. About two dozen states are looking at bills to increase counseling requirements or waiting periods prior to abortions. About 20 states are considering new ultrasound requirements. "One in three women in this country will have an abortion in her lifetime, and yet we’re having exactly the same discussions and debates we were having forty years ago," Ms. Conlin said.
Anti-abortion forces aim ultimately to make abortion illegal. So far, by reducing the number of abortion providers, making insurance coverage more expensive and harder to get, and throwing up other obstacles, they have primarily succeeded in making it harder for women of modest and meager means to obtain a safe and legal medical procedure.
The painful decision to end a pregnancy should be made in private between a woman and her doctor—not in politically driven debate among members of Congress and state legislatures.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an anti-abortion endeavor（）

A:Specifying the conditions under which abortion can occur B:Reducing or banning abortion coverage in insurance plans C:Allowing one in three women to undergo abortion D:Raising the amount of abortion insurance coverage

When an associate of the Mus6e d’Art Moderne Andr6-Malraux in Normandy flipped through the catalogue for the auction of impressionist art at Sotheby’s in New York on November 2nd, he made a startling discovery. On sale was "Blanchisseuses souffrant des dents", a painting by Edgar Degas, which had been stolen in 1973 from a museum where it had been on loan from the Louvre. After being alerted by the French authorities, Sotheby’s dropped the painting from the sale. Now an investigation is under way. The owner is likely to lose it without compensation when it is returned to France. Like most art collectors, the owner had no art-title insurance, which would have provided compensation for the painting’s value.
"Theft accounts for only a quarter of title disputes," says Judith Pearson, a co-founder of ARIS, a small insurance firm that has been selling title insurance since 2006 and which was taken over by Argo Group, a bigger insurer, earlier this month. Three-quarters of squabbles occur in cases of divorce or inheritance. A work of art may also carry liens after being used as a collateral for a loan. More rarely, two or more artists may collaborate but then disagree about who has authority to flog their co-production.
Does the risk of title disputes warrant the cost of title insurance ARIS charges a one-off premium of between 1.75% and 6% of the art’s value. In return the company will cover the legal costs in case of a title dispute and compensate for the agreed value of the art if their client loses the ownership dispute. ARIS has so far written about 1,000 policies and has not yet had a claim.
An alternative to art-title insurance is for collectors to do due diligence about the provenance of a work of art themselves. Yet many do not have the time or the tools to carry out such research, which is a complex undertaking as there is no central register of art ownership. And even sophisticated collectors get it wrong, as the clients of Salander-O’Reilly, a New York art gallery, discovered. It collapsed spectacularly in 2007 after it emerged that it had dealt in stolen art and defrauded its clients in a Madoffian manner for years. Such cases are exceptional, but as the market booms and the value of art increases, more art lovers will look for additional assurances that their art is really theirs.

Collectors have difficulties in investigating the source of arts because（）

A:they can purchase title insurance B:there is no registered centre for title insurance C:they are unable to distinguish D:many do not have the time or the tools to carry out such researches

Appealing to these expectations, Obama told Americans what they want to hear. People with insurance won’t be required to change plans or doctors; they’ll enjoy more security because insurance companies won’t be permitted to deny coverage based on "pre - existing conditions" or cancel policies when people get sick. All Americans will be required to have insurance, but those who can’t afford it will get subsidies.

A:As for costs, not to worry. "Reducing the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid will pay for most of is plan. " Obama said. He pledged to" not sign a plan that adds one dime to our [budget] deficits- either now or in the future. "If you believe Obama, what’s not to like Universal insurance. Continued choice. Lower costs. B:The problem is that you can’t entirely believe Obama. If he were candid - if we were candid - we’d all acknowledge that the goals of our ideal health - care system collide. Perhaps we can have any two, but not all three. C:If we want universal insurance and unlimited patient and doctor choice, costs will continually spiral upward, because there will be no reason or no one to stop them. We have a variant of that today -a cost -plus system, with widespread insurance and open -ended reimbursement. Higher costs push up premiums and taxes. That’s one reason health spending has gone from 5 percent of gross domestic product in 1960 to 16 percent in 2007. (Other reasons: new technologies, rising incomes. ) But controlling spending requires limits on patients and doctors. D:What is the author’s attitude towards Obama’s reform plan on health- care Welcome. E:Critical. F:Indifferent. G:Approving.

Whole life is permanent insurance protection that protects you for your whole life, from the day you purchase the policy until you die, as long as you pay the premiums (保险费).
Whole life can be a solid foundation. Upon this foundation you can build a long-term financial plan, because it guarantees lifetime protection for your family or business.
Whole life insurance provides basic insurance protection, plus Mortgage protection, Estate preservation, Retirement funding, Charitable giving, Business needs...
A life insurance agent will help you determine an amount of insurance needed to protect your family or business in the event of your death.
Generally after the first year, the policy begins to increase cash value. The amount of cash value in your policy usually increases every year. This money can be used to help purchase a home, fund a child’s education, add to retirement income, or for any other purpose. You may also choose to leave it in the policy and allow it to grow.
A whole life policy can earn dividends. Dividends are determined by the company’s board of directors each year and are not guaranteed. When a dividend is payable, you may choose to take it in cash, use it to buy more insurance or to pay or reduce your premiums.
When you die, the company will pay your beneficiaries the death benefit, usually the face amount of the policy plus any dividend. This money is generally received by the beneficiaries free from income tax.
What is whole life insurance

A:It’s permanent insurance protection from the day you were born until you die. B:It’s permanent insurance protection that protects you for your whole life, from the day you buy it until you die. C:It’s insurance protection for your whole family members. D:It’s income protection insurance.

Appealing to these expectations, Obama told Americans what they want to hear. People with insurance won’t be required to change plans or doctors; they’ll enjoy more security because insurance companies won’t be permitted to deny coverage based on "pre - existing conditions" or cancel policies when people get sick. All Americans will be required to have insurance, but those who can’t afford it will get subsidies.
As for costs, not to worry. "Reducing the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid will pay for most of is plan. " Obama said. He pledged to" not sign a plan that adds one dime to our [budget] deficits- either now or in the future. "If you believe Obama, what’s not to like Universal insurance. Continued choice. Lower costs.
The problem is that you can’t entirely believe Obam

A:a. If he were candid - if we were candid - we’d all acknowledge that the goals of our ideal health - care system collide. Perhaps we can have any two, but not all three. B:If we want universal insurance and unlimited patient and doctor choice, costs will continually spiral upward, because there will be no reason or no one to stop them. We have a variant of that today -a cost -plus system, with widespread insurance and open -ended reimbursement. Higher costs push up premiums and taxes. That’s one reason health spending has gone from 5 percent of gross domestic product in 1960 to 16 percent in 2007. (Other reasons: new technologies, rising incomes. ) But controlling spending requires limits on patients and doctors. C:What is the author’s attitude towards Obama’s reform plan on health- care Welcome. Critical. Indifferent. Approvin

An insurance agreement is called an（ ）.

A:insurance policy B:insurance contract C:insurance cover D:insurance document

An insurance agreement is called an（ ）.

A:insurance policy B:insurance contract C:insurance cover D:insurance document