Unoziva zvandisirikuda kunzwa izvozvi nezve Stupak-Pitts kugadzirisa kurambidza kubvisa pamuviri kuvharwa kubva kune federally subsidized health insurance policy? Ndizvo mutengo wekugadzirisa, uye vakadzi vane sarudzo ngavanyarare votora imwe yechikwata.
"Kana iwe uchida kuvaka patsva nyika yeAmerica," Peter Beinart anonyora muDaily Beast, "hapana imwe nzira" kunze kwe Democrats kusiya nyaya dze โtsikaโ dzakaita sedzechikadzi nekuenzana kwemarudzi. Hei, Peter, Representative Stupak uye wako 64 vatsigiri veDemocratic, Jim Wallis nevamwe vanopesana nesarudzo "vanofambira mberi" maKristu, varume: Sei usingatore imwe yechikwata chekuchinja uye uone kuti unoifarira sei?
Semuenzaniso, hawks muCongress vanoti vachavhota vachipokana nebhiri iri nekuti rinodhura zvakanyanya. Zvimwe unogona kuvakunda kana ukazvipira kubvisa mari yezvinhu zvinongodiwa nevanhurume chete, sekenza yeprostate, Viagra, kushaya mbereko kwechirume, vasectomies, kukura-hormone shots yevakomana vadiki, kutarisira kwenguva refu kwevarume varume vasingadi. pfeka ngowani dzomudhudhudhu uye, handizivi, kurapwa kwepfungwa kuvapristi vanoshinha nevana. Varume vaigona kugara vachibhadhara pachine nguva kune mutyairi weinishuwarenzi, sezvo vakadzi vachiudzwa zvisina tsitsi kuti vanogona kuita kana Stupak ikava chikamu chebhiri rekupedzisira.
Barack Obama, zvakare, kunetseka pamusoro pekushomeka. Zvimwe unogona kumubatsira nekurega kusabhadhara mutero wesangano rako. Chechi yeKatorike ingava nzvimbo yakanaka yekutanga, uye haingazove isina kunaka, kubvira kupindira kwezvematongerwo enyika kwakajeka kweUS Conference of Catholic Bishops pakubvisa nhumbu zvinokanganisa mweya we kurambidza kupindira kwesarudzo nemasangano ezvitendero asingabhadharwi mutero.
Sei vanopesana nesarudzo vachifanira kunge vari ivo chete vanhu vanosvika pakuramba mitero yavo kutsigira chimwe chinhu chavasingadi? Iwe haudi kuti madhora ako emutero abhadhare, kunyangwe nenzira yakasarudzika, yekuchengeta mimba kwevakadzi, nzira yepamutemo yekurapa iyo mumwe muvakadzi vatatu vekuAmerica achave nayo muhupenyu hwake? Ini handidi kubhadharira ngano dzako dzechikadzi uye hutsinye hwevakuru-vakuru.
Vakadzi veDemocrats vakatora zvakanyanya kurova kwechikwata nguva pfupi yadarika. Vazhinji vedu hatina kuvhotera Hillary Clinton kuprimary nekuti chinangwa chekusarudza munhukadzi chaiita sechisina kukosha pane chinangwa chekusarudza mutungamiri wenyika. Munhu aizvivenga chete kana kuti ane featherhead haana kumbonzwa kurwadziwa nazvo. Uye kunyangwe vakadzi vasiri vega mune izvi, takaona tarisiro huru dzakaiswa parutivi mugore rekutanga rekutonga kwaObama.
Iyo Paycheque Fairness Act, iyo yaizowedzera dziviriro yevakadzi kubva kune zvepabonde munzvimbo yebasa, iri kumashure. Zvichakadaro, Hofisi yeKutenda-Yakavakirwa uye Nevakidzani Kudyidzana haingori mhenyu uye zvakanaka. Ichangobva kushandwa nevanopesana nesarudzo vakaita saAlexia Kelley weCatholic muAlliance for the Common Good, iyo, sezvakanyorwa naFrances Kissling muSalon, ine. akaenzanisa kubvisa pamuviri nokurwadzisa.
Ndinoziva zvauri kufunga: Conservative Democrats seStupak akatora matunhu eRepublican kuti akunde isu dzimba dzeCongress. Ndatenda zvikuru, Howard Dean, ane zano rakajeka raive rekuvatora. Asi hukuru ihwohwo hungadai husipo, uye VaObama vangadai vasipo muWhite House, kana zvisiri zvevakadzi nevarume vane sarudzo - mavhoti avo, tarenda, mari, kugona kwesangano nedehwe reshangu.
Takazvikanda kunze, uye hazvina kudaro kuti vanoita zvechitendero vakaita saStupak - uyo, sekunyora kwaJeff Sharlet muSalon, ndiye. nhengo yeMhuri, chibvumirano chakavanzika cheChristian-supremacist congressional coven - chaizotonga mapato ese. Sarudzo dzine mhedzisiro, iwe unoti? Chaizvoizvo: Obama, pro-sarudzo, pro-mukadzi mumiriri, akakunda. Stupak haana kumuisa muWhite House, uye kana mabhishopi echiKatorike kana vachena vanopokana nevakadzi vehutano hwemagariro ekufungidzira kwaBeinart.
Takadaro. Uye isu tinofanirwa zvirinani kubva kuna Obama pane kurira senge "iri ibhiri rehutano, kwete mari yekubvisa nhumbu". Kubvisa pamuviri ndiko kutarisira utano. Ndiyo nyaya yacho yose.
Chii chinoita kuti Stupak fiasco iwedzere kunzwisa tsitsi ndeyekukanganisa mhinduro kubva kune pro-vasarudzo. Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill angadai asiri muSeneti nhasi dai zvisiri zvepro-sarudzo uye vatsigiri vevakadzi vakaita saEmily's List. Anotitenda sei? Nekuudza Joe Scarborough izvozvo Stupak haina kushata, kuti hazvizokanganisa "ruzhinji rweAmerica" โโ- vakadzi vane mari shoma chete - uye kuti "muenzaniso wekutonga nevane mwero."
Saka vanhu vanozopa shanduko yezvehutano mumarara kunze kwekunge ichivharira kubvisa nhumbu ndivo vane mwero izvozvi! (McCaskill akazvitora zvakare gare gare, asi kukuvara kwakaitika.) Kana ndikapa mudzimai uyu rimwe dime, ndipfure.
Makuru e-pro-sarudzo uye masangano echikadzi ari mumaoko - Iyezvino uye Yakarongwa Parenthood inoda kuona shanduko yehutano yakavhoterwa pasi kana Stupak ikachengetwa - asi kunyora muDaily Beast, Dana Goldstein anobata zvakanaka kuvhiringidzika kwevatungamiriri vakabatwa nekushamisika. "Ndiko kunzwa kuti wakakungurutswa," akadaro Eleanor Smeal, weFeminist Majority. Kana kuti anga asina kuteerera.
Smeal aive pane chimwe chinhu, zvakadaro, paakaudza Goldstein: "Tava kutamba mukomana akanaka zvakare, hatina kuda kuita bopoto." Nokuziva kana kuti nokusaziva, nokusaronga pachine nguva mberi kuomerera pakufukidza kubviswa kwemimba, vatsigiri vanosarudza vakazvigadza vamene kuva vasina mano. Saizvozvo, sezvakataurwa naSharon Lerner paTheNation.com, maDemocrat akamira neapo anti-sarudzo achiramba kubata pamuviri kunze kweiyo reform bhiri runyorwa rwezvakakosha mabhenefiti anofanirwa kuvhara. Zvakawanda zve "common ground" nzira apo isu tese tinobvumirana kuti kudzora kuzvara ndiyo nzira yekudzikisa kubviswa kwemimba.
Zvakwana kare. MaPro-sarudzo anga achitora imwe yechikwata kubva 1976, apo Congress yakapasa Hyde Amendment, iyo Jimmy Carter aizodzivirira nekutaura kusingafe: "Pane zvinhu zvakawanda muhupenyu zvisina kunaka."Nguva yevamwari nevechirume chauvinists kuti vape chimwe chinhu kune zvakanaka zvakanyanya - kusataura chinhu kune makumi maviri evasarudzo, varume vese, vakatsigira Stupak kunze kwekuita basa.
Mushure mezvose, dai pasina avo vanosarudza, pangadai pasina timu yakawanda yekuti vatambe pairi.
Mipiro yaKatha Pollitt kune The Nation inounganidzwa mumabhuku matatu: Zvisikwa Zvinonzwisisika: Essays paVakadzi uye Feminism (Knopf); Musoro wekukakavadzana: Kunzwa uye Kupokana paVakadzi, Zvematongerwo enyika, uye Tsika (raibhurari yemazuva ano); uye Humhandara kana Rufu! Uye Dzimwe Nyaya Dzemagariro Nezvematongerwo enyika dzeNguva Yedu (Random House).
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