Ndi Jennifer Baumgardner; Mabuku a Akashic, 2008, 250 pp.
Amy Hagstrom Miller, yemwe ali ndi zipatala zinayi za uchembere wabwino ku Texas, amauza wodwala aliyense kuti akuwona kuti 43 peresenti ya amayi a ku United States amachotsa mimba kamodzi asanakwanitse zaka 45. Akuchita izi, akutero, "chifukwa anthu samawona kuchotsa mimba ngati njira yochotsera mimba. Chifukwa cha zionetsero zotsutsana ndi izi, akuganiza kuti palibe chithandizo chamankhwala chovomerezeka."
Buku laposachedwa la Jennifer Baumgardner, Kuchotsa Mimba & Moyo, amafuna kutsindika mfundo yakuti kuchotsa mimba mwalamulo nโkotetezeka, nโkovomerezeka, ndiponso nโkofunika. Imodzi mwa ntchito ya mbali zitatu yomwe inayamba pamene mu 2003 anapangidwa ma T-shirts mazana angapo a I Had An Abortion - pulojekiti yomwe inkasangalatsa anthu kuchokera kumanja, kumanzere, ndi pakati - ndipo inatsatiridwa ndi filimu ya 2005 yofotokoza za kuchotsa mimba. akazi khumi osiyanasiyanaโotchedwanso Ndinachotsa MimbaโBukhuli likuyembekeza kusuntha ndondomekoyi poyera, kuthetsa chinsinsi ndi manyazi zomwe zimalongosola zochitikazo. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, imakhudza zovuta za kuchotsa mimba kuti ziphatikizepo mayankho ambiri amalingaliro, kuchokera kuchisoni kupita ku mafunso amakhalidwe abwino mpaka kunyansidwa ndi asing'anga omwe amawoneka ngati owopsa, kapena kungokhudzidwa ndi zoopsa zomwe mimba yosakonzekera kapena vuto lingayambitse.
โNdimaona za mimba kukhala moyo,โ akuvomereza motero Baumgardner. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, akupitiriza kuti, "izi sizikutanthauza kuti kuchotsa mimba ndi kupha .... Ndizowona kuti amayi ena amawona kuchotsa mimba monga kulimbikitsa-monga mnzanga yemwe machitidwe ake pafupifupi zaka 40 zapitazo amatanthauza kuti akhoza kuvomereza Fulbright. maphunziroโฆ. Koma kwa anthu opanda ndalama, maubwenzi osokonekera, mabanja osalimba, ana ochuluka kale, nkhani za mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndi mowa, kapena zibwenzi zachipongwe, kuchotsa mimba kungakhale chinthu choyenera kuchita, komabe umboninso wa moyo womwe akufuna. sanali kutsogolera,' monga mmene bwenzi lina linanenera. khala ndi ulamuliro pa moyo wako."
Kugwirizana kwa Baumgardner ndi nkhaniyi kunayamba mu 1985, pamene anali ndi zaka 15 ndipo mlongo wake, yemwe panthawiyo anali ndi zaka 16, ankafunikira $200 kuti agwiritse ntchito trimester yoyamba. Posankha kusiya makolo awo okonda kusankha, Baumgardner akulemba kuti aka kanali koyamba kuti amvetsetse kuti ali ndi mphamvu zothandizira munthu wosowa.
Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo Baumgardner wagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake m'njira zingapo, kupanga ndale zaumwini pamitu kuyambira chilungamo cha ubereki mpaka kugonana kwa amuna ndi akazi. Wokamba pafupipafupi pamasukulu aku koleji m'dziko lonselo, amadzinyadira kuti amamvera omvera ake ndikuyankha mafunso omwe achinyamata ophunzira a m'badwo uno.
Chiyembekezo chake chimakhala chopatsirana, ngati nthawi zina chimalakwika. Tengani lingaliro la pro-life feminism, mutu wa mutu wotsimikizika kwambiri wa bukhuli. Kwa Baumgardner, kukhalapo kwa anthu omwe amati chizindikirochi chikuyimira kupita patsogolo komanso kulonjeza. Monga momwe akuwonera, malinga ngati iwo omwe amanyamula chikwangwani cha pro-life amathandizira ntchito zothandiza anthu kwa makolo omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa-kuphatikiza mwayi woletsa kubereka, kulera mwadzidzidzi, komanso maphunziro okhudzana ndi kugonana, ndipo amalankhula momveka bwino podzudzula nkhanza zachipatala komanso kuzunzidwa kwa odwala ndi ogwira ntchito-zofanana pakati pa ochirikiza ndi otsutsa kuchotsa mimba ndizotheka.
Ndine wochepa thupi. Mwachiwonekere, zingakhale zabwino ngati otsutsa kuchotsa mimba angakhale olimbikitsa osauka ndikuthandizira ndondomeko yotakata, yachilungamo. Komabe, lingaliro lakuti chihema chachikazi chiyenera kukhala chokwanira kuti agwirizane ndi omwe amalimbikitsa kukana akazi njira zoberekera zomwe amatsutsa ndodo pakhosi panga. Kwa ine, ngati ukazi, kapena ngakhale lingaliro la namby-pamby la kusankha, likutanthauza chilichonse, ndiye kuti kuchotsa mimba kuyenera kukhala nkhani yotsimikizika, yosatsutsika.
Kunena zomveka, palibe amene akunena kuti kuthetsa mimba kukhala ufulu wa gawo lachikazi. Zomata zomati, "Zoletsa Kuchotsa Mimba? Osakhala nazo," zili zolondola, koma zoyesayesa zouza akazi nthawi yoti akhale ndi ana nzolakwika ndipo n'zolakwika. Baumgardner ndi ine sitikugwirizana nazo. Anganene kuti ndi chifukwa cha kugawanikana pakati pa omenyera ufulu wachikazi ndi omwe adakula m'ma 1960 kapena 70s, koma ndikulowa nawo omenyera ufulu wa amayi omwe amatcha oxymoronic pro-life feminism, kutsutsana ndi nkhondo yachiwiri yachikazi yomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe wa amayi. . Inde, wina akhoza kukhala wochirikiza moyo ndi kuchirikizabe akazi paokha ndi unyinji wa zifukwa zopitira patsogolo, koma zimenezo siziri zokwanira kumpanga iye kukhala wochirikiza akazi. Sarah Palin wodzitcha yekha "womenyera ufulu wachikazi moyo" amanyoza makolo akale omwe ali pamsana pake.
Izi mwachiwonekere ndi nkhani yokangana, koma sizichepetsa mtengo wake wonse Kuchotsa Mimba & Moyo. Zoonadi, bukhuli ndi lochititsa chidwi komanso lanzeru loyang'ana pamutu waminga ndi wogawanitsa. Imazindikira kuti gawo la mkango wa anthu aku America likufuna kuchotsa mimba kukhala kotetezeka, kovomerezeka, komanso kosowa ndipo imagwira ntchito molimbika kuthetsa malingaliro olakwika okhudza yemwe wachotsa mimba komanso chifukwa chake amachotsa. Mbiri khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi zapakamwa-amayi khumi ndi asanu ndi mwamuna m'modzi-omwe moyo wake udaphatikizapo chisanadze ndi positi Roe vs. wade kuchotsa mimba, kusuntha bukhu kuchokera ku chiphunzitso kupita ku wapamtima ndikupita kutali ndikuphwanya manyazi omwe amadzaza ndondomekoyi. Zotsatira zake ndi zowulula komanso zachifundo ndipo ndikutsimikiza kusokoneza onse koma otsutsa kwambiri otsutsa kuchotsa mimba.
Pamodzi ndi zithunzi za wofunsidwa aliyense, Kuchotsa Mimba & Moyo imayang'ana zochitika za moyo za omwe akukumana ndi mimba zosavomerezeka. Kuphatikiza apo, powonetsa mayankho amalingaliro omwe amadutsa njira yapakati pa kulimba mtima ndi kukwiya, zimamveketsa bwino mitima ndi mitu ya amayi 1.3 miliyoni omwe amachotsa mimba chaka chilichonse.
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Eleanor J. Bader ndi mphunzitsi, wolemba komanso wolimbikitsa anthu ochokera ku Brooklyn, NY.