Kangangeeveki, abantu baseMelika ababhidekileyo babone abezopolitiko bexoxa ukuba ngaba uthintelo kukhulelwa kufuneka lugqunywe sisicwangciso esitsha sokhathalelo lwempilo sikaMongameli Obama. Ngomhla woku-1 kuMatshi, emva kweyona antics imangalisayo yeqonga ekhunjulwayo kwimbali yezopolitiko yeli lizwe, iSenethi yase-US yade yawuphazamisa lo mdlalo we-opera wase-surreal nge-hanger eweni. Ngeevoti ezimbini kuphela, boyisa uhlengahlengiso olwaluza kuvumela abaqeshi bonqulo ukuba bangavumi ukuhlawulela uqingqo-nzala lwabaqeshwa babo.
Isiqendu esilingwayo salo mdlalo saqala ngoFebruwari 16, xa uMongameli Obama wabhengeza ukuba bonke abaqeshi bawo onke amaziko, kungakhathaliseki ukuba bangooluphi na unqulo, kuya kufuneka bahlawulele uqingqo-nzala. Xa iCawa yamaKatolika kunye neqela lasekunene laye labhenela ekuyekeni, walalanisa waza wathi ukuba iziko livakalelwa kukuba laphula iinkolelo zalo, inkampani yeinshorensi kuya kufuneka ihlawule.
Kodwa kwanaloo ntsebenziswano yayinganelanga. Kwiiveki ezalandelayo, amaRiphabhlikhi aqalisa imfazwe yoqingqo-nzala. Baxelela abafazi ukuba ipilisi efanelekileyo yokulawula ukuzala yayiyi-aspirin ebanjwe ngamadolo abambe ngokuqinileyo; badala โindlebeโ yonqulo ngoqingqo-nzala olwenziwe ngabantu bonke; kunye nePundit yephiko lasekunene likanomathotholo uRush Limbaugh wabiza umfundi wezomthetho weYunivesithi yaseGeorgetown, owayekhusele uqingqo-nzala, โihenyukaziโ kunye โnehenyukazi.โ "Akukho drama ka-Obama" waqinisa iqhinga kuphela xa wabiza umfundi ngokwakhe kwaye wambulela ngokuxhasa isicwangciso sakhe sezempilo.
Yonke imihla yazisa iziqendu ezintsha nezingakholelekiyo kule melodrama ingaqhelekanga. EVirginia, indlu yowiso-mthetho ipasise umthetho oyilwayo oza kufuna ukuba owasetyhini okhulelweyo afune ukuqhomfa ukuba afakwe kwilungu lobufazi bakhe ukuze afake i-ultrasound probe. ngempela yazi ebethwele umntwana wabantu. Ekuqaleni iRhuluneli yavuma, kodwa emva koko, yahlasela ngenxa yokuhlazisa abafazi abakhulelweyo, yazibuza ukuba luhlobo luni na Mthetho wayeza kutyobela. Abanye abachasi, kunjalo, kholwa ngenene ukuba ukuthintela ukukhawula kuyafana nokuqhomfaโukubulala umntu. Bambi basenokude baqonde ukuba ukuncitshiswa kwenkqubo yokuthintela ukukhawula kubangela ukuqhomfa okuninzi kunye nenkcitho karhulumente engakumbi kubantwana abangafunwayo. AmaRiphabhlikhi ngokuqinisekileyo ayazi ukuba uninzi lwabantu baseMelika, kuquka namaKatolika, luxhasa ukulawulwa kokuzalwa, kodwa abazange bakwazi ukuziyeka. Babecinga ukuba bayifumene indlela yokoyisa uMongameli.
Kodwa babephazama.
Abasetyhini kunye nabantu abazimeleyo bakholisa ukuxhasa ulawulo-nzala. Enyanisweni, nge-1 kaMatshi, i-63% yabo bavotelwe zixhaswe Isivumelwano sikaMongameli. Amaqela enkululeko ahlanganisene kulo lonke ilizwe, eqaphela ukuba i-right-wing ifuna urhulumente ongabonakaliyo ngaphandle kokuba ibandakanya ukufaka i-probe kumzimba womfazi kwi-ultrasound. Ilungu leNdlu yoWiso-mthetho uBarbara Boxer uphehlelele โisigidi esinamandla kubafazi,โ ukwenza ilizwi labasetyhini livakale. Iidemokhrasi, ziqonda ukuba iiRiphabhlikhi zigqithise ngokwenene, zaba ngokuqinisekileyo giddy malunga nokuba bazuze malini xa benokuthi baqhube ingxoxo-mpikiswano.
Ke, inxalenye yalo mdlalo we-soap opera yayizizopolitiko njengoko i-loop, i-right-wing fringe amaRiphabhlikhi aye anxila ngokukhetha omnye wabaviwa ababini, bobabini abachasayo ukukhulelwa kunye nokuqhomfa. (Nangona owayesakuba yiRhuluneli uMitt Romney flip-flopped xa wabuya umva kwinkxaso yakhe yokuthintela ukukhulelwa waza wajoyina inkcaso yeRiphabhlikhi kwiiyure ezimbalwa kamva).
Ngoko kwenzeka ntoni ngokwenene?
Iqela leRiphabhlikhi, kwelalo icala, lawubeka lo mlo njengenye yenkululeko yonqulo nenkululeko yokuthetha, ekhuselwe sisihlomelo sokuqala somgaqo-siseko. Iidemokhrasi kunye nabameli bamalungelo abasetyhini baphendule ukuba kunjalo kuphela malunga nokhathalelo lwempilo yabasetyhini.
Amajelo eendaba, nawo wonke ubugcisa bawo obuntsonkothileyo, acaphula ngokungagxekiyo ulwimi lwamacala omabini. IThe New York Times, umzekelo, wathi ukuba "ingqumbo yesigunyaziso sokulawula ukuzalwa kukaMongameli Obama ingene ngokukhawuleza kwinqwelomoya entsha, kunye nabaxhasi kunye nabachasi ngokufanayo bebiza umxholo njengesixhobo esinamandla sonyulo lwangoNovemba kwaye bawusa eluntwini kumaphulo okubumba lo mbandela-ngaba imalunga nenkululeko yonqulo. okanye impilo yabasetyhini?โ
Eneneni wonke umntu uliphosile ibali lokwenyani.
Into ekungekho cala lifuna ukuyithetha kukuba le yi-counter-reformation, ilinge lokubuyisela abafazi ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1960, phambi kokuba kubekho ipilisi yokulawula ukuzalwa kunye neNkundla ePhakamileyo, Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), waseka ilungelo locwangciso eUnited States. Ngamafutshane, kwakungumzamo wokubuyela kwixesha apho indoda ephakathi yayinokuxhasa intsapho, abafazi babeyazi indawo yabo, abafundi bezomthetho beYunivesithi yaseGeorgetown babengamadoda amaninzi, kwaye abantu base-Afrika baseMelika babengakwazi ukuvota, bayeke ukuba nguMongameli. Yayilixesha lobungangamsha bamadoda nobuhlanga, phambi kokuba amalungelo oluntu kunye nemibutho yabasetyhini itshintshe inkcubeko yezopolitiko yeli lizwe kwaye utshintsho lwezoqoqosho lwenza usapho olunemivuzo emibini lube yimfuneko.
Kwingozi kwi-2012 lilungelo lomfazi lokulawula ukuzala kwakhe, ukhetho lwakhe lokuzala kwaye ngoko, ukukhokela ubomi obuzimeleyo. Eli lidabi elaqhubeka ukususela ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-19. Emva kokuba ukuqhomfa kube semthethweni ngo-1973, iqela leRiphabhlikhi lafaka iplanga elichasene nokuqhomfa kwiqonga lalo lika-1980 kwaye ukusukela ngoko, wonke umgqatswa weRiphabhlikhi kuye kwafuneka aphumelele uvavanyo lwe-litmus lokuchasa ukuqhomfa ukuze angenele umongameli.
Kuninzi lwembali yoluntu, isini kunye nokuzala kuye kwabotshwa edyokhweni entsonkothileyo kunye. Ukulawulwa kokuzalwa, ngakumbi iPilisi, yaqhawula eso khonkco kwaye yanika abafazi ilungelo lokunandipha isondo ngaphandle kwenjongo yokuvelisa. Xa iNkundla ePhakamileyo ivume ngokusesikweni olo gqatso ngokwenza ukuqhomfa ngokusemthethweni kwiRoe v. Wade, (1973), abantu abaninzi kweli lizwe batyhwatyhwa ngenxa yeenguqulelo ezinokuzisa ukuzimela geqe kwamabhinqa ngokwesini. Ngelo xesha, umbutho wabasetyhini wawucele umngeni waza watshintsha imithetho nezithethe ezazilawula ubomi bemihla ngemihla bamabhinqa emsebenzini nasemakhaya. Ingcamango yenkululeko yesini yabasetyhini yahlukanisa isizwe, amadoda nabafazi bethethelela ukhetho olwahlukileyo.
Ngokufutshane, imfazwe malunga noqingqo-nzala kule nyanga idlulileyo ayizange ibe malunga nenkululeko yonqulo okanye ukhathalelo lwempilo yabasetyhini. Yayimalunga nokulawula ilungelo labasetyhini lokulawula imizimba yabo kunye nokuzikhethela ngokwesini kunye nokuzala.
Akukho mntu uziva ekhululekile ukuthetha oku. Abachasi inkululeko yesini yamabhinqa bathetha ngenkululeko yokuthetha okanye inkululeko yonqulo xa eyona nto bafuna ukuyenza ikukubhangisa yonke into etshintshileyo yentlangano yamabhinqa. Abaxhasi belungelo labasetyhini lokuzenzela olwabo ukhetho ngokwesondo kunye nokuzala bayazi ukuba kufuneka bagxininise kukhathalelo lwempilo yabasetyhini. Nangona izicwangcisi kunye nokuqhomfa ziyinxalenye engundoqo kolokhathalelo lwempilo, bayazi ukuba kufuneka bahlale bemam malunga nenkululeko yabasetyhini ngokwesondo.
Le opera yesepha ayikapheli. Enyanisweni, ngoku sibona ukuphindaphindwa kwakhona kwale drama ingapheliyo. Abanye bethu bakhumbula ukuba ngowe-1969, iqela elilwela amalungelo amabhinqa elalibizwa ngokuba yiRedstockings phazanyiswa udliwano-ndlebe lweSixeko saseNew York malunga nokuba ukuqhomfa kufuneka kube semthethweni na. Eli qela laliquka amadoda alishumi elinesibini nonongendi omnye. Iinzame zala mabhinqa zokufuna ukuviwa zaphazamiseka xa ityala lathi lashukunyiswa.
Namhlanje, uqingqo-nzala kunye nokuqhomfa kusemthethweni, kodwa urhulumente ngorhulumente, imithetho iyaluphelisa ukufikelela kwabasetyhini kuzo zombini ucwangciso kunye nokuqhomfa. Inyaniso yeyokuba, esi sisithuba sokugqibela sohlaziyo lukasolusapho olusaphilayo, oluhlanganisiweyo kwaye, okona kubaluleke kakhulu, luxhaswa ngemali kakuhle. Hlala ubukele, njengoko besithi. Isepha opera isekude ukuba iphele.
URuth Rosen, uNjingalwazi u-Emerita weMbali kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, uDavis, ungumfundi-kwindawo yokuhlala kwiZiko loPhando lokuThelekisayo lweeNtshukumo zePhiko lasekunene kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, eBerkeley. Ungumbhali wemihlathi yeLos Angeles Times kunye neSan Francisco Chronicle. Eyona ncwadi yakhe yamva nje ithi, "Ihlabathi elahlulahlulwe liVulekile: Indlela iNtshukumo yaBasetyhini banamhlanje eyitshintshe ngayo iMelika." Eli nqaku liposwe ukusuka idemokhrasi evulekileyo.
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