Pambuyo pa kugwedezeka koyamba kwa chigamulo cha Khoti Lalikulu laposachedwa lovomereza chiletso cha Purezidenti Bush kuchotsa mimba, ndi nthawi yovomereza zenizeni zachigamulocho. Malinga ndi American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists-omwe amaimira 90 peresenti ya OB/GYNs ku US-chigamulocho ndi chovulaza thanzi la amayi. Koma chigamulo cha Khotilo n’chokhudza zambiri kuposa ufulu wa amayi wothetsa mimba bwinobwino. Zili choncho chifukwa Khothi Lalikulu lamasiku ano ndi lopangidwa ndi Bush Administration (atsopano a Justices Roberts ndi Alito adapereka lingaliro); ndi Bush Administration ndi chotulukapo cha Ufulu Wachikhristu. Aliyense amene wakhala akuwona Chikhristu cha Ufulu chikuchoka pa nthawi yochotsa mimba komanso kulekanitsidwa kwa tchalitchi ndi boma amadziwa kuti kuchotsa mimba ndi nsonga chabe ya chikhristu chokhazikika komanso kuti zolinga zawo ndi zapadziko lonse lapansi.
Padziko Lonse Nkhondo Yachikhalidwe
Lero, Regent, yunivesite yapamwamba ya mapiko ateokrase poyera a Christian Right, ali ndi alumni 150 omwe amagwira ntchito mu Bush Administration. Ntchito yawo ya alma mater: kupereka “utsogoleri Wachikristu wosintha dziko.” Kugwetsa Roe v. Wade ku US kwakhala kutanganidwa ndi kusaina kwawo, koma monga amishonale, nkhondo ya Ufulu Wachikhristu ndi dziko lonse lapansi. Omenyera ufulu wa Christian Right adazindikira zaka zapitazo kuti sanapambane nkhondo zotsimikizika mu “nkhondo ya chikhalidwe” yapanyumba. Koma adawonanso kuti gulu lalikulu la amayi silinakhalepo pamakangano a mfundo zamayiko akunja. Poyerekeza ndi ndale zapakhomo, mfundo zakunja zinali malo opanda ufulu wa akazi - kotero Ufulu Wachikhristu unalowamo.
Kuyambira 2000-ndi m'modzi wawo pomaliza ku White House-okhulupirira zachipembedzo atembenukira ku mfundo zakunja zaku US kuposa kale. Anayambira pamene onse oyambitsa zipembedzo amayambira: ndi kulamulira matupi a akazi. Kwa iwo, kugonjera kwa akazi ndi microcosm komanso chikhalidwe cha dziko lomwe akufuna kulenga. Ndipo aliyense amadziwa kuti njira yotsimikizirika yochepetsera akazi ndiyo kuwaletsa kulamulira kubereka kwawo. Ndi iko komwe, ngati simutha kusankha kukhala ndi ana, kangati, kapena ngakhale ndani, mungasankhe chiyani?
Ichi ndichifukwa chake kubwezera kwakukulu kwa Christian Right kuchokera ku Bush kunali kuwonetseranso "lamulo la gag padziko lonse lapansi," lomwe limaletsa mabungwe omwe amalandira ndalama zaku US kuchokera ku upangiri, kuloza, kapena kupereka zambiri zakuchotsa mimba. Kukhazikitsidwa pa tsiku lachiwiri la Bush paudindo, lamulo la gag lakakamiza osati opereka mimba okha, koma zipatala zonse kuti zitseke - onse m'maiko osauka kwambiri padziko lapansi, komwe chithandizo chaumoyo chimadalira thandizo la mayiko. Bungwe la UN likuyerekeza kuti poletsa amayi kupeza njira zolerera komanso chithandizo chamankhwala osiyanasiyana, lamulo la Bush gag lapangitsa kuti pakhale mimba zina zosafunikira 75,000 miliyoni komanso kufa kwa makanda ndi ana opitilira XNUMX. Komanso, chifukwa pali kugwirizana kwachindunji pakati pa kuthekera kwa amayi kuti azitha kubereka komanso kuthekera kwawo kuti athawe umphawi, lamulo la gag limaphwanya ufulu wochuluka wa chikhalidwe ndi zachuma, kuphatikizapo ufulu wa kubereka kwa amayi.
Kuyeretsa United Nations
Kukhazikika kwachipembedzo kunayambika ndi Apulotesitanti a ku United States kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 19, koma tsopano, pali magulu amphamvu a chikhazikitso ku Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East, ndi South Asia onse akugwira ntchito yoletsa ufulu wa akazi m’dzina la chipembedzo. . Ambiri aiwo adapeza mphamvu panthawi ya Cold War, pomwe US idathandizira magulu achipembedzo monga njira yothanirana ndi chikoka cha Soviet Union ndi okonda dziko.
Kufalikira kwa mfundo zachikhazikitso zachipembedzo kwathandiza kusandutsa bungwe la United Nations kuchoka ku “gulu lopanda Mulungu” lonyozedwa ndi Ufulu Wachikristu kukhala bwalo la mabwalo a ogwirizana nawo, okonzeka kuloŵa m’malo. Pansi pa Bush, okhulupirira zipembedzo adasankhidwa kuti aziyimilira US pamisonkhano yapadziko lonse lapansi yazaumoyo ndi ufulu wachibadwidwe. Iwo agwirizana ndi Vatican (yomwe ili ndi udindo wofanana ndi boma mu UN), Iran, ndi ena pofuna kuthetsa ndi kukonzanso ndondomeko ya UN. Monga momwe Austin Ruse, pulezidenti wa bungwe la Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, lomwe lili ku United States, lomwe “limayang’anira ntchito za UN,” ananena kuti, “popanda mayiko ngati Sudan, kuchotsa mimba kukanadziwika kuti ndi ufulu wa anthu onse m’chikalata cha UN.”
Kumene maiko ena kukhulupirika kwawo ku mfundo zachikhazikitso kwakhala kochepa kwambiri, okhulupirira mfundo zachipembedzo a ku United States adalira kupezerera anzawo ku UN. Nthumwi zimenezi zapatsidwa mphamvu zoŵirikiza—monga nthumwi za “chikhulupiriro chokha choona” cha dziko ndi mphamvu zake zazikulu zokha. Pazaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazi, mphamvu zosayerekezeka zapadziko lonse lapansi pazachuma, ndale, ndi zankhondo za United States zathandiza okhulupirira mfundo zoyambira chikhristu kutsata mfundo zapadziko lonse za umoyo wa anthu ndi zaufulu wachibadwidwe zomwe zasokoneza kwambiri akazi padziko lonse lapansi. Pansi pa Bush, akwanitsa kukana mapiritsi a m'mawa kwa omwe anagwiriridwa ku Kosovo komanso kuletsa mwayi wopeza makondomu ndi maphunziro a kugonana mu Africa yomwe yasakazidwa ndi AIDS.
Kubwezeretsa Zonse Kunyumba
Nthawi zambiri, mfundo ngati izi sizinawononge mavoti a chipani cha Republican chifukwa sizinakhudze amayi ku US-osati poyamba. Koma kuukira kwa US paufulu wakubereka kwa amayi kunja komwe kutsatiridwa ndi chigamulo chaposachedwa cha Khothi Lalikulu ndi chikumbutso chodziwika bwino kuti kunena mwamalingaliro, palibe chinthu ngati mfundo zakunja. Ufulu Wachikhristu umafuna kuletsa ufulu wa amayi kunyumba, monga momwe amachitira padziko lonse lapansi - monga gawo la "masomphenya" amodzi omwe akuphatikiza zambiri osati dziko lopanda kuchotsa mimba.
Tiyenera kungoyang'ana mayiko omwe okhulupirira zipembedzo apambana pakupanga mfundo kuti awone komwe Ufulu Wachikhristu wa US ungafune kutitengera ife. Okhazikika azipembedzo zosiyanasiyana amatengera zolemba zosiyanasiyana ndipo amagwira ntchito m'zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana. Koma zikafika pamalingaliro awo okhwima komanso obwerera kumbuyo, amawonetsa zofanana kwambiri kuposa kusiyana. Cholinga cha Ufulu Wachikhristu chikufikira kuletsa ufulu wa amayi pantchito, kufanana pamaso pa malamulo, maphunziro, ndi kumasuka kuzinthu zosiyanasiyana zopondereza ufulu wachibadwidwe wa anthu, kuphatikiza kugwirira ntchito m'banja komanso kugwiriridwa m'banja. Ndipo “masomphenya” a Ufulu Wachikristu amapitirira kutsutsa lingaliro lililonse lofotokozedwa momveka bwino la “ufulu wa akazi.” Akufuna zambiri zamtundu wankhondo zaumesiya zomwe zimadziwika kuti Bush adayankha pa 9/11 (yomwe poyambirira adayitcha "nkhondo yankhondo"), komanso mfundo zazachuma zomwe zimalonjeza kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa anthu osauka padziko lapansi komanso zachilengedwe.
Kulimbana
Ndiye tingathane bwanji ndi gulu lomwe tsopano lili ndi otsatira mamiliyoni ambiri, ndipo lawononga mabiliyoni ambiri pomanga ma tank, mayunivesite, nyumba zoulutsira mawu, ndi makina okopa anthu kuti akwaniritse zomwe akufuna?
Choyamba, zitenga zambiri kuposa ndale za nkhani imodzi yozikidwa pa kuwerenga kochepa kwa kusankha kwa ubereki. M'madera ambiri a dziko lapansi, ndondomeko zokakamiza za "kulera" zomwe zimaphwanya ufulu wa amayi wokhala ndi ana ndizoopsa kwambiri ku ufulu wawo wobereka monga kusowa mwayi wochotsa mimba. Kwa anthu kulikonse, ufulu wakubala uyenera kugwirizanitsidwa ndi ufulu wa chikhalidwe cha anthu ndi zachuma kotero kuti khanda lirilonse likhale ndi nyumba yabwino, chakudya chokwanira ndi madzi abwino, malo abwino, amtendere, ndi maufulu ena olembedwa mu Pangano la UN la Ufulu wa Mwana. Bush-pazokonda zake zonse za "ufulu" wa ana osabadwa - akuletsa kuthandizira kwapadziko lonse pa Msonkhanowo. (Dziko lokhalo lomwe likukana kuvomereza ndi Somalia, lomwe silinakhale ndi boma m'zaka 16.)
Chachiwiri, tifunika kukulitsa kamvedwe kathu ka “nkhani za akazi.” Kuwukira kwa ufulu wochotsa mimba ndi gawo limodzi chabe lazotsatira zachipembedzo zomwe zikuwopseza osati ufulu wa amayi okha, komanso mtendere wapadziko lonse lapansi ndi chitetezo, kupulumuka kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu amtundu wawo, komanso miyambo yandale ya demokalase padziko lonse lapansi. Zonsezi ndi nkhani za amayi. Chachitatu, tikufunika kukambirana kwatsopano kopita patsogolo komwe kumapangitsa kuti anthu achipembedzo azitha kulimbana ndi mfundo zachikhazikitso, zomwe zimalimbikitsidwa ndi ndale zawo zachipembedzo.
Mwachidule, tifunika njira yomwe imazindikira kugwirizana pakati pa ufulu wa amayi obereka ndi ufulu wonse waumunthu, komanso pakati pa amayi ku US ndi amayi padziko lonse lapansi. Sikuti tonsefe tiyenera kuthana ndi vuto lililonse la ndale nthawi imodzi. Koma kulikonse kumene kukhudzika kwathu kungatipangitse kuchitapo kanthu, tiyeni tichitepo kanthu mozindikira momwe gawo lathu lachithunzithunzi likugwirizana ndi chithunzi chachikulu cha dziko lomwe tikuyesetsa kupanga. Chifukwa ngakhale zingawoneke ngati chigamulo cha Supreme Court sabata yatha chikungoletsa mwayi wochotsa mimba, omwe adagwira ntchito kwa zaka zambiri kuti abweretse chigamulocho amawona chisankho ngati nkhondo imodzi pankhondo yokonzanso dziko lonse lapansi mu fano la Jerry Falwell.
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Yifat Susskind ndi Mtsogoleri wa Communications wa MADRE, bungwe loona za ufulu wa amayi padziko lonse lapansi, komanso wolemba lipoti lofalitsidwa posachedwapa, "Promising Democracy, Imposing Theocracy: Gender-based Violence and the US War on Iraq," lomwe likupezeka pa intaneti. www.MADRE.org .
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