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Izishayamthetho zezifundazwe zeRiphabhulikhi zidala ababaleki abahushula izisu kulo lonke elaseMelika.
Ngemuva kokuthi uMbusi waseTexas uGreg Abbott asayine umthethosivivinywa omkhulu, SB 8, kube ngumthetho ngonyaka odlule, enikeza abazingeli bemali ukuthi bamangalele abahlinzeki bezisu, labo ababefuna ukunakekelwa babalekela izifundazwe ezingomakhelwane yaseLouisiana, Arkansas, nase-Oklahoma.
Kodwa abaholi be-GOP babebalungele. Umbusi waseRiphabhlikhi wase-Oklahoma uKevin Stitt ngo-Ephreli 12 usayine ukuvinjelwa okuqinile kokukhishwa kwezisu ezweni umthetho, uqede konke ukukhipha isisu esimweni sakhe ngaphandle kwalapho okuyingozi empilweni yomuntu okhulelwe. Manje, kuvela imibiko yokuthi ama-Oklahomans aphendukela esifundeni esingumakhelwane Kansas ngokukhishwa kwezisu.
Akufanele adlulwe ozakwabo be-GOP, ithemba likamongameli uRon DeSantis, umbusi waseFlorida, naye. usayine ukuvinjelwa kokukhishwa kwezisu amasonto angu-15 emthethweni ofana nalowo ophasiswe yizifundazwe ezifana Kentucky.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi ngokuwa, ukukhipha isisu kuzokwenziwa icala cishe engxenyeni yezifundazwe, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi leyo yindawo esabekayo ngempela," u-Imani Gandy, umhlaziyi wezomthetho omkhulu we-. Rewire News Group, ungitshele emumva nje interview.
Kakade, abantu abahola kancane abahlala ezifundazweni ezinemikhawulo yokuhushula izisu babhekene nohambo olumba eqolo ukuze bathole ukunakekelwa. Izindleko zingase zenyuke kakhulu njengoba izifundazwe eziningi zenza ukuvinjelwa futhi abantu kufanele bahambe baye kude, bekala izingcindezi zezimali, ukuhlela imisebenzi ehlukahlukene, izibopho zomndeni, kanye newashi elihambisana nesikhathi sokukhulelwa. “Ngeke kube ngabesifazane abamhlophe abasezingeni eliphezulu nabazoba nenkinga yokuhushula izisu,” kusho uGandy.
Futhi, kuyindaba yesikhathi ngaphambi kwephupho elibi kakhulu labamelene nokuhushula izisu lokuketula Roe v. Wade ngaphambili eNkantolo Ephakeme izoba yiqiniso. Ngokusho komunye ukuhlaziywa, lokhu kungaholela ngokushesha ekukhishweni kwezisu emthethweni okungenani ezifundazweni ezingu-13. Ziyi-17 kuphela izifunda kanye neWashington, DC, eziqinisekise ukuthi ukukhipha isisu kuzoba semthethweni futhi kufinyeleleke uma Roe uyawa-futhi leso sibalo sincike kumaDemocrats agcina ukulawula lezo zishayamthetho zezwe.
Kufanele uncome umdlalo omude odlalwe abavangeli abamelene nokuhushula izisu, basale beqinile. abavoti abanodaba olulodwa, ethatha noma yimuphi umholi wezwe noma wenhlangano ebusayo—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iphikisana kangakanani nezindinganiso zabo—inqobo nje uma ethembisa ukuphikisa ukukhishwa kwezisu. Ngesu elibanzi lokuvinjelwa kokuhushula isisu ezingeni likahulumeni elisusa kancane kancane amalungelo okuzala, lijikijela icala ngalinye eNkantolo Ephakeme, kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo icindezela ngokungaphezi abaholi beRiphabhulikhi ukuthi baqoke abahluleli abamelene nokukhishwa kwezisu, abameleli abamelene nokukhishwa kwezisu. sebengenile ekupheleni kwe Roe.
Kwaba njalo izizwe ezithanda El Salvador, lapho ukukhishwa kwezisu kuvinjelwe khona ngokuphelele, kwakuyindaba eyisixwayiso e-US Imithetho iqine kangangokuthi abesifazane baseSalvador abaphuphunyelwa yizisu nabazala beshonile nabo baye baboshwa futhi bagqunywa ejele ngenxa yokulimaza imibungu yabo. Akukona ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi i-US iphokophele kuleyo ndlela.
Owesifazane oneminyaka engu-26 ubudala waseTexas okuthiwa Lizelle Herrera usanda kuboshwa ngamacala okubulala ngemva kwecala elikhulu “lokufa komuntu ngokuzihushula isisu.”
“Ngicabanga ukuthi bebefuna ukubona ukuthi bangalithola yini ijaji elikhulu elizogweba umuntu ngecala lokubulala ngemuva kokuphuphunyelwa yisisu,” kusho uGandy. "Futhi bakwenzile." Kungemva kweqembu lendawo lamalungelo okuzala eliqanjwe igama Frontera Fund bagqugquzelwa befuna ukukhululwa kuka-Herrera ukuze ummeli wesifunda okukhulunywa ngaye ahoxise amacala, ethi asikho isizathu sokuboshwa kwakhe kwasekuqaleni.
NgokukaGandy, ukuqhubeka nokuqulwa kwecala “akuyona into eyenziwa ummeli wesifunda,” ngakho-ke usola ukuthi bekuyibhaluni yecala ukubona ukuthi labo bantu abahlezi emajajini amakhulu bazolibekezelela yini icala lokubulala ngenxa yokuphuphunyelwa yisisu. . Odabeni lukaHerrera, kwavela ukuthi bazokwenza.
“Lokhu kuzoba wumkhuba omusha,” kusho uGandy. “Abantu abakhulelwe abamnyama nabaBrown yibona abasuke bebhekiswe kule mithetho eyenza kube yicala ukukhulelwa.”
Ukwesaba kukaGandy kusekelwe emacaleni afana nalawa Brittney Poolaw, owesifazane woMdabu waseMelika e-Oklahoma owatholwa enecala ngonyaka odlule ngokubulala umuntu ngemva kokuphuphunyelwa yisisu; Purvi Patel, owesifazane waseNdiya waseMelika wase-Indiana owalahlwa yicala futhi wagwetshwa iminyaka engu-20 ngo-2015 ngokuhushula isisu (isigwebo sakhe waqothuka ngonyaka kamuva ngemva kokukhala okukhulu kwesizwe); futhi Bei Bei Shuai, ongowokufika waseShayina, naye ose-Indiana, owatholwa enecala lokubulala izidumbu ngemva kokuzama ukuzibulala (naye amacala akhe agcina esuliwe ngemuva kwengcindezi yomphakathi).
“Bangaphezu kwesigamu abesifazane abafuna ukuhushula izisu vele bangomama,” kusho uGandy. “Manje-ke uma sizoqala manje ukuvalela laba abakhulelwe ejele, ubani ozonakekela lezi zingane?”
U-Gandy uphinde waphazanyiswa yisikhathi semithetho emisha emelene nokuhushulwa kwezisu enikeza izakhamuzi ezizimele amandla okumangalela abantu ngabanye ngokuhushula izisu, njenge-SB 8 e-Texas. “Kuyadabukisa kakhulu ukuthi lokhu kwenzeka ngesikhathi somnotho obunzima,” kusho yena.
Ngokukhuphuka kwamandla emali, inzalo, nentengo kaphethiloli, “sinezifundazwe ezisiza abantu ngezinkinga zezimali ukuze zibakhuthaze ukuba bagweme ukuziphatha kwangasese komakhelwane babo uma bengase bakwazi ukuqoqa le mali engu-$10,000. isipho,” engeza.
Ngaleso sikhathi, iCongress yehlulekile ukuqinisekisa ukwesekwa kwezimali kwabazali abahola kancane, yehlisa ibhola ekuvuseleleni ikhredithi yentela yengane, futhi edlula ikhefu lomndeni elikhokhelwayo kanye nelokwelashwa umthetho.
Ukwethuka i-US eshelela kuyo bekungagwemeka ukube amaDemocrats ehlanganise amalungelo okuzala abe ngumthetho nganoma yisiphi isikhathi lapho bebephethe khona zombili izindlu zeCongress kanye nehhovisi likamongameli emashumini eminyaka kusukela Roe v. Wade Isinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme. Ukungasebenzi kwabo, ngisho nalapho bebhekene nezishoshovu ezihlangene zokulwa nokuhushula izisu kanye nempumelelo ewumphumela, akunangqondo.
Umzamo womthetho owawumncane kakhulu, sekwephuzile kakhulu, ufike ngoMashi odlule ngendlela ye Umthetho Wokuvikela Impilo Yabesifazane, obekungagunyaza ukuhushula isisu. Kepha yehlulekile ukuphasisa iSenethi elawulwa yiDemokhrasi, lapho uVox echaza lo mthethosivivinywa "ngokuyinhloko owokuthumela imiyalezo," futhi wagomela ngokuthi ukwehluleka kwawo ukuphumelela "kwenza icala libe neningi elikhulu leDemocratic Alliance."
USenator weDemocratic Alliance uJoe Manchin waseWest Virginia, kanye nezinduna ezimbili ezimele ukuhushulwa kwezisu zeRiphabhlikhi, uLisa Murkowski wase-Alaska kanye noSusan Collins waseMaine, nabo bavotele ukungahambisani nalo mthethosivivinywa, bekwenza kwacaca ukuthi ukweseka kwabo amalungelo okukhipha izisu kuwumsebenzi womlomo nje.
Belele behamba, abenzi bomthetho bashiye abantu baseMelika emseni wedlanzana elikhulumayo elihlose ukwenza kube yicala ukuhushula isisu kuyilapho bengenandaba kangako nokusekelwa kwezimali kwabazali.
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