Ngesikhathi ngiseneminyaka eyindodakazi yami manje, ihembe lami engilithanda kakhulu lalinamagama athi “Inketho, Khetha, Khetha, Ongakhetha kukho” ngezinhlamvu zothingo ngaphambili. Umama wangitholela lelo hembe embuthanweni wango-1989 impendulo kuya Webster v. Izinkonzo Zezempilo Zokuzala. Kulelo cala, iNkantolo Ephakeme yawusekela umthetho waseMissouri ovimbela ukusetshenziswa kwezimali zikahulumeni kanye nezindawo zokuhushula isisu, umzamo wangaphambi kwesikhathi wokudla ukudla. Roe v. Wade. Futhi nakuba abantu abadala abaningi endaweni yaseWisconsin lapho ngakhulela khona babecabanga ukuthi lowo mlayezo awufaneleki kumuntu oneminyaka engu-13 ubudala, ngangiwugqoka ngokuziqhenya. Nalapho, ngaqonda ukuthi yayingakhulumi nje ngelungelo lomuntu lokukhipha isisu, kodwa yayikhuluma nangenhlonipho nesithunzi okufanele sinikezwe wonke umuntu.
Kusukela lapho, kuya ngokuya kucaca ukuthi umphakathi wethu awuwanikezi amalungelo nesithunzi thina bantu - njengoba kubonakala ekusikeni kwe ukudla kwesikole izinhlelo, ukuphika kwe Ukunwetshwa kwe-Medicaid ezifundazweni eziyidinga kakhulu, ukuhlaselwa kwemizimba yabaMnyama, abaNsundu, kanye nabaMdabu amaphoyisa kanye nokugada emngceleni, kanye neNkantolo Ephakeme izinqumo zakamuva ukubeka izinkampani zikaphethiloli ngaphambi kwethu sonke, izibhamu ngaphezu kwezingane, nokunqabela ubukhosi kubantu bomdabu nezizwe, kuyilapho sihluleka ukuvikela amalungelo ethu okuvota kanye nokuqeda ilungelo elingokomthethosisekelo lokukhipha isisu.
Ezigidini zethu, i U-Dobbs v. Jackson isinqumo sokukhipha isisu sisho ukuthi impilo eMelika isanda kuba yingozi kakhulu. Ukuzamazama komhlaba ngemuva kwaleso sinqumo sekuzwakala ezweni lonke: I-22 ithi banemithetho noma izichibiyelo zomthethosisekelo ezincwadini manje esezilungele ukukhawulela kakhulu ukufinyelela ekuhushuleni isisu noma zikuvimbele ngokuphelele. Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba oPhakeme bakhiphe isinqumo sabo, uthi nge ukukhawulela kakhulu imithetho yokukhishwa kwezisu yayinezinga eliphezulu lokufa komama kanye nokufa kwezinsana. Manje, ochwepheshe babikezela okungenani ukwanda okungama-21%. ukufa okuhlobene nokukhulelwa ezweni lonke.
Njengoba kuhlala kunjalo ngezinkinga zempilo yomphakathi eMelika - okuwukuphela kwezwe elinezimboni elingenalo uhlobo oluthile lokunakekelwa kwezempilo emhlabeni wonke - ngabampofu abazohlupheka kakhulu. Idatha yocwaningo ikhombisa lokho cishe u-50% wabesifazane abafuna ukukhishwa kwezisu baphila ngaphansi komugqa wobumpofu wenhlangano, kuyilapho abaningi abeza ngaphezu kwawo ngokunganaki. Ezifundeni ezinciphisa noma zivimbele ukuhushulwa kwezisu, abesifazane abampofu nabanye manje bazobhekana nosongo olusheshayo lwezinkinga zempilo eziphakeme, kanye nomonakalo wesikhathi eside ohambisana nemikhawulo yokuhushula izisu.
Ngempela, idatha eqoqwe osomnotho emashumini eminyaka kamuva Roe v. Wade kubonisa ukuthi lapho imingcele yokukhishwa kwezisu iba mkhulu, buyanda ubumpofu babazali kanye nemfundo encane yezingane zabo. Okubi nakakhulu, i I-13 ithi eyayinemithetho yokuqalisa eyenzelwe ukwenqabela ukukhishwa kwezisu uma kwenzeka a Roe ukuguqulwa kwase kuphakathi kwabampofu kakhulu ezweni. Manje, abantu abampofu ezifundazweni ezimpofu bazoba phezu komkhonto ojezisayo we-post-Roe Umhlaba.
Nakuba isinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme sisho ubuhlungu nobunzima obengeziwe kwabesifazane, abashintsha ubulili, kanye nabantu abangabuqinisekisi ubulili, sisho okukhulu nakakhulu: ukuqinisekiswa isu lekhulu leminyaka ngabashisekeli bobuzwe abangamaKristu ukwenza kabusha isisekelo salesi sizwe. Kosomabhizinisi, abefundisi, kanye nosopolitiki ababeka isisekelo se Ama-Dobbs ukubusa, lokhu kwakungeyona nje eyokukhipha isisu.
Umkhankaso weminyaka eyishumi wokuhlehla Roe v. Wade bekulokhu kumayelana nokwakha inhlangano yezepolitiki ukuthi ibambe futhi isebenzise amandla ezepolitiki. Sekungamashumi eminyaka, ilwela umbono “wezindinganiso zomndeni” ezisekelwe emndenini wenuzi kanye nenguqulo yempilo yomphakathi ehloselwe ukulawula ngokuqinile ubulili nobulili, kuyilapho ivumela ukuhlaselwa kwabesifazane kanye nabantu be-LGBTQIA. Ngenxa yempi yayo eqinile futhi enezigwegwe yokuwisa Roe, le nhlangano yobuKristu yobuzwe izibeke esimweni sayo sokuqhubekisela phambili i-ajenda ye-full spectrum extremist engeyona nje kuphela inzalamizi kanye nobulili, kodwa enokucwasa, emelene nabampofu, futhi emelene nentando yeningi. Cabanga nge- Ama-Dobbs isinqumo ubucwebe bomqhele ohlelweni lokwakha amandla eminyakeni yokwenza. Cabanga ngakho kanye nokugcotshwa komnyakazo olungele ukushintsha amandla awo ngezindlela ezikhudlwana, ezinodlame, nezinobuhlakani.
Kulowo mongo, khumbula ukuthi, ngokombono wakhe ofanayo, uJustice Clarence Thomas ukuphakanyiswa ukuthi i Ama-Dobbs isinqumo sinikeza iNkantolo Ephakeme isibonelo esingokomthetho sokudiliza ezinye izimiso zomthetho zamalungelo abantu eziyingqophamlando ezazixazululiwe ngaphambilini, okuhlanganisa Griswold v. Connecticut (ukufinyelela kokuvimbela inzalo), ULawrence v. Texas (ukuvikelwa kobudlelwane bobulili obufanayo), kanye U-Obergefell v. Hodges (ukuvikela umshado wobulili obufanayo). Ukuthi lezi zivikelo eziyisisekelo ziyehla noma cha, ezeningi leNkantolo Ephakeme ukulungiswa ngoba Ama-Dobbs ngokuqinisekile iphakamisa ukuthi kungenzeka noma yimaphi amalungelo okusebenza okufanele angaqinisekisiwe futhi afakwe kuMthethosisekelo ngaphambi kokuphasiswa kweSichibiyelo se-14 ngo-1868 angabatshazwa.
Inhlangano yamaKrestu yobuzwe kudala yahlonza ukulawula kweNkantolo Ephakeme njengokunquma kwe-ajenda yayo yokubuyisela emuva zonke izinguquko eziqhubekayo zekhulunyaka lamashumi amabili kusukela ku-New Deal of the 1930s ngokusebenzisa i-Great Society of the 1960s. Ngaphansi kwesonto ngemva kwe- Ama-Dobbs eqinisweni, leyo nkantolo yasichitha IMassachusetts v. EPA, isinqumo sango-2007 esabeka isibonelo uma kuziwa emandleni kahulumeni okulawula ukungcoliswa kwesisi esingcolisa umoya ngezimboni ezingcolisa umoya. UMay Boeve, inhloko yeqembu lezemvelo i-350.org, yibeke Ngale ndlela:
“Ukugumbuqela Roe v. Wade kusho ukuthi iNkantolo Ephakeme ayizile nje ukuzokhipha isisu - izofuna ilungelo lobumfihlo nezinye izethulo ezingokomthetho uRoe ancike kuzo, ngisho nekhono likahulumeni wase-United States lokubhekana nenkinga yesimo sezulu. "
Ukuze uqonde ngokugcwele incazelo yalesi sikhathi, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ukuhlaselwa kokukhishwa kwezisu kuxhumene kangakanani nesifiso esikhulu: ukuhlasela intando yeningi ngokwayo, okuhlanganisa namalungelo ezakhamizi okuvota nokuba nokunakekelwa kwezempilo okuhloniphekile kanye nezindlu, umphakathi- imfundo yesikole, amaholo okuphila, nendawo ehlanzekile. Futhi akubalulekile kangako ukuqonda ukuthi inhlangano yamakholwa esizwe samaKrestu yalusebenzisa kanjani udaba lokuhushula isisu ukuze iqale ukubuyisela emuva izinzuzo ezazuzwa kanzima zenkathi Yokwakhiwa Kabusha Kwesibili yama-1950s kanye nawo-1960 futhi yazuza amandla ezombusazwe athola ukubonakaliswa kwawo okucacile futhi okweqisayo. eminyakeni kaTrump futhi akanantshisekelo yokubuyela emuva manje.
Ukukhipha Isisu kanye Nokwakhiwa Kokunyakaza
Kuwo wonke umlando waseMelika, umuzwa wamanje wokulwa nokuhushulwa kwezisu, ikakhulukazi ngezizathu zenkolo, uye waba sobala. Ngokwesibonelo, amanye amaRoma Katolika angokwesiko, ayemelana kudala nokuqhubekela phambili kwamalungelo okukhipha izisu, kuhlanganise nokungavumelani okuholwa isonto phakathi Nokucindezeleka Okukhulu Komnotho, lapho inhlekelele yezomnotho iqhubeka. Kabili inani lokukhishwa kwezisu (ngaleso sikhathi lisangekho emthethweni kuzo zonke izifundazwe). Abanye abavangeli bezikhundla namafayela nabo babemelene nakho ngaphambi kwe-Roe Eminyakeni eminingi, ukuphikisa kwabo kwangena ekuqondeni kwezenkolo nokuziphatha ngokuphila nokufa okwakujule kakhulu kunezombangazwe.
Nokho, ngaphambi kwakho konke lokhu, ukukhipha isisu kwakusemthethweni kuleli zwe. Njengoba isifundiswa sesihloko siye wachaza, ngawo-1800, “abefundisi bamaProthestani babemelana ngokuphawulekayo nokugxeka ukukhishwa kwezisu—babesaba ukulahlekelwa abazalwane uma bephuma ngokumelene nomkhuba ovamile.” Eqinisweni, umkhankaso wenkathi yama-Victorian wokwenza ukukhipha isisu kube ngokungemthetho iqhutshwa kakhulu ngodokotela ne-American Medical Association, bese ihlose ukusebenzisa amandla ayo ochwepheshe phezu kwababelethisi (ikakhulukazi abesifazane abakhipha izisu njalo nangokuphephile), njengoba kwenziwa iSonto LamaKatolika.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngisho naphakathi namashumi eminyaka ekhulu lama-1950, ukulwa nokukhishwa kwezisu kwakungesona isimo esivumelanayo kubuProthestani bevangeli. Isibonelo, iSouthern Baptist Convention, ihlelo lobuvangeli elibaluleke kakhulu, lathatha izikhundla ezilinganiselayo mayelana nokuhushula isisu ngeminyaka yawo-1960 nawo-XNUMX, kuyilapho abefundisi abaphambili beBaptisti kanye nabafundisi bezenkolo bengavamile ukushumayela noma ukubhala ngalolu daba. Eqinisweni, a I-poll ye-1970 yi-Baptist Sunday School Board yathola ukuthi “abefundisi abangama-70% bama-Southern Baptist basekela ukukhishwa kwezisu ukuze kuvikelwe impilo engokwengqondo noma engokomzimba kamama, u-64% usekela ukukhishwa kwesisu ezimweni zokukhubazeka kombungu, futhi u-71% ezimweni zokudlwengulwa.”
Ngakho-ke yini eyashintsha kulabo ababa abaphathi-mandla beMelika eyeqisayo? Phakathi kokunye, ukulwela ilungelo lokukhipha isisu eminyakeni eyandulela Roe yayixhumene ngokujulile nokudlondlobala kwepolitiki yobulili, ubuhlanga nezigaba. Ngaleso sikhathi, umzabalazo wenkululeko yabaNsundu wawugqabula izintambo zikaJim Crow eNingizimu, kanye nokucwasana nokucwasa ezweni lonke; ukunyakaza okusha kwabesifazane kanye nabantu be-LGBTQ babelwela ukuvikelwa okusemthethweni okunwetshiwe, kuyilapho bebekela inselele imingcele yobulili obucindezelayo kanye nezinkambiso zobulili; impi eya ngokuya ingathandwa eVietnam yayidale umkhankaso oqinile wokulwa nempi; abasebenzi abahlelekile bagcine isihlalo esinzima kodwa esibalulekile etafuleni lezingxoxo zezomnotho; futhi ukunyakaza okusha kwabampofu kwakuphoqa iWashington ukuthi iphinde iphendukele ezindabeni zobumpofu nokungalingani kwezomnotho.
Eqenjini labefundisi abasabelayo kanye nezishoshovu zezombangazwe ezixhaswe kahle, umnyombo walokho okwakuzoba umMelika wawubonakala uhlaselwa. Abantu abaziwayo abanjengoPhyllis Schlafly noPaul Weyrich, ababezothola iMoral Majority (kanye noJerry Falwell, Sr.), baqala ukugxeka usongo okwakucatshangwa ukuthi luyanda lobuKhomanisi nokuqedwa konxiwankulu baseMelika, kanye nalokho abakubona njengokugqashuka. womndeni wenuzi kanye nempilo yomphakathi wamaKrestu amhlophe ngokuhlukaniswa ngempoqo. (Qaphela ukuthi UJerry Falwell akazange ashumayele intshumayelo yakhe yokuqala yokulwa nokuhushula isisu kwaze kwaba yiminyaka eyisithupha ngemva kosuku Roe isinqumo.)
Abaholi abanjalo babeyoba umnyombo walokho okwabizwa ngokuthi “Ilungelo Elisha.” Baqala ukusebenzisana eduze nabefundisi abangamaKristu abanethonya kanye nabaphostoli bezomnotho we-neoliberal ukuze bakhe inhlangano entsha yezombangazwe eyayingase “ibuyisele izwe emuva.” Katherine Stewart, umbhali we Abakhulekeli Bamandla: Ngaphakathi Kokukhuphuka Okuyingozi Kobuzwe Bezenkolo, evame ukucaphuna lokhu kucaphuna kukaPaul Weyrich mayelana nezinhloso zenhlangano:
“Singama-radicals afuna ukushintsha uhlaka lwamandla olukhona. Asibona abadla ngoludala ngomqondo wokuthi ukonga kusho ukwamukela isimo esikhona. Sifuna ushintsho - singamandla oshintsho. "
Ngempela, okwahlanganisa laba bashoshozeli ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye ukuphikisa kwabo ukuhlukaniswa. Kamuva, babezoyishintsha kalula indaba yabo yomsuka isuke ekucwaseni okusobala iye emzabalazweni wokulwa nokuhushula izisu omnandi kakhulu, wokulwa nokukhetha. Njengesazi-mlando uRandall Balmer yibeke: “Ngakho-ke, ukuphikiswa kokukhishwa kwezisu kwakuwunkulunkulu kubaholi beLungelo Lenkolo ngoba kwakubavumela ukuba baphazamise ukunaka kwesiqalo sangempela senhlangano yabo: ukuvikela ukuhlukaniswa kwezinhlanga ezikhungweni zevangeli.”
Abaholi abaningi balo mbutho baqale bahlangana mayelana nokwesaba kwabo ukuthi izikole zobuKristu ezihlukanisiwe zizophucwa amavawusha omphakathi. Njengoba u-Balmer ebonisa, nokho, basheshe babona ukuthi ukulwela ukucwasana ngokwebala kwakungelona isu lokuwina uma kuziwa ekwakheni inhlangano enesisekelo esikhulu. Ngakho babheka kwenye indawo. Abakutholayo ukuthi, ngemuva kwe Roe isinqumo, ukungathandi ukukhipha isisu okusemthethweni kwakubaxazulule abavangeli bamaProthestani namaKatolika. Ngamanye amazwi, lezi zisebenzi azizange zenze inzondo ekhulayo yevangeli yokuhushula isisu, kodwa bakusebenzise futhi bakukhuthaze njengendlela yezombangazwe yokuletha izinguquko ezinkulu.
Ukubheka emuva ngemuva kwakamuva Ama-Dobbs ukuqeda isinqumo Roe v. Wade, Katherine Stewart kubeke kanje:
“Ukuhushulwa kwezisu kwaba yindaba esemqoka ehlanganisayo ngenxa yezizathu ezimbili ezibalulekile zezepolitiki. Okokuqala, yahlanganisa amaKhatholika aqinile ahlinzeka ngobuholi obuningi bobuhlakani benhlangano namaProthestani alandela umthetho nabavangeli. Okwesibili, ngokuhlobanisa ukukhipha isisu nezinkinga ezingokwenhlalo ezazicatshangelwa ngaleso sikhathi—inguquko engokobulili, inhlangano yamalungelo abantu, kanye nenkululeko yabesifazane—indaba yaba isizinda sokukhathazeka ngoshintsho lwezenhlalo olwaqala kusukela ekuqaleni.”
Okutholwe yile nhlangano nabalingani bayo ukuthi bangakha futhi basebenzise amandla amakhulu ngesu lepolitiki lesikhathi eside elaligxile okhethweni lwaseNingizimu kanye nekhono labo lokuthatha izinkantolo, okuhlanganisa neNkantolo Ephakeme yakamuva. Ukukhipha isisu kube yisikhali esisodwa esinamandla ku-arsenal umthelela wayo esiwuzwa ngendlela elimazayo namuhla.
I-Fusion Movement esuka Ngezansi?
As Umfundisi uWilliam Barber, ongusihlalo womkhankaso wabantu abahluphekayo, uveze, bheka ibalazwe lezifundazwe zakuleli ezavala ukuhushulwa kwezisu uthole ukuthi ubhekene nezishayamthetho nezinkantolo ezifanayo eziphika amalungelo okuvota, zinqaba. ukukhuphula amaholo amancane kamasipala, kanye nokwehluleka ukuvikela abokufika, abantu be-LGBTQIA, kanye nomhlaba ngokwawo. Njengesikhungo Senqubomgomo Yezomnotho wasichaza isimo ngemuva kokuputshuka kombono wejaji leNkantolo Ephakeme uSamuel Alito mayelana nokuhushulwa kwezisu ngoMeyi:
“Akukona nje ukuqondana ukuthi izifunda ezizovala ukuhushulwa kwezisu kuqala ziyizifunda ezinemiholo ephansi kakhulu, zithi mancane amathuba okuthi zandise iMedicaid, zithi zingase zibe yizifundazwe ezimelene nenyunyana ‘Ilungelo Lokusebenza’, futhi amazwe anamazinga okuboshwa aphezulu kunesilinganiso esimaphakathi… Izindawo lapho ukuhushula isisu kusemthethweni futhi kufinyeleleka kuzo aphansi amanani okuzalwa kwentsha yokuqala kanye nemishado. Ukwenziwa semthethweni kokuhushula isisu nakho kuhlotshaniswe nakho kuncishisiwe ukufa komama kwabesifazane abamnyama. Ikhono lokulibala ukuba nengane liye laba okutholiwe ukuhumushela amaholo anyuswe kakhulu kanye neholo labasebenzi, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabesifazane abamnyama, kanye nokukhuphuka amathuba yokuphumelela kwezemfundo.”
Impela, ilungelo lokuhushula isisu kufanele libhekwe njengodaba lwe-bellwether lapho kwahlulelwa impilo yentando yeningi yaseMelika, leyo eqinisekisa ukuvikeleka okulinganayo ngaphansi komthetho kuwo wonke umuntu. Ngenhlanhla, izinqumo zakamuva zeNkantolo Ephakeme, kuhlanganise Ama-Dobbs, ahlangabezana nokuphikiswa okukhulayo nokuhlela. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, izinkulungwane ngezinkulungwane yethu sahlangana ndawonye ku-Pennsylvania Avenue for a Mass Poor People kanye ne-Low Wage Worker's Assembly kanye ne-Moral March e-Washington kanye nama-Polls. Ngalo kanye usuku lwesinqumo sikaDobbs futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, imibhikisho ephikisana naleso sinqumo, okuhlanganisa nezenzo zokungalaleli umphakathi okungenabudlova, ibilokhu ikhula.
Ngendlela efanayo, isibalo esitelekayo sethu sesiqalile ukuhlangana udlame lwezibhamu futhi isimo sezulu. Ngalo mzuzu futhi, sibonakala sibona ukwanda kwe-a umsebenzi omusha ukunyakaza nabasebenzi asebevele bahlela e-Starbucks, ezitolo ze-Dollar General, nase-Walmart, phakathi kwezinye izindawo. Inhlangano yamaKrestu yobuzwe incike esu lokuhlukanisa nokunqoba kanye nokuhlela udaba olulodwa. Inhlangano esekela intando yeningi kanye nobulungiswa kumele imelane naleyo ndlela.
Njengesazi semfundiso yenkolo yobuKristu nomfundisi ngokwami, ngiye ngaphazanyiswa kakhulu ukukhula kwenhlangano yamaKrestu yobuzwe. Siyobe senza kahle nokho ukulalela ukugxila kwabo nokucasuka kwabo. Abaholi bayo babecace bha ngendlela okwakudingeka ngayo, uma bengathola amandla angempela kuleli zwe, ukwakha inhlangano yezombangazwe kazwelonke. Ukuphendula, abantu baseMelika abampofu nabacebile abayizigidi eziyi-140, abashisekeli bokuzikhethela nabasekela umhlaba, kanye nalabo bethu abakhathazekile ngekusasa lentando yeningi yethu kufanele benze okufanayo, bakhe ukunyakaza kokuziphatha okuhle kusuka ngezansi. Futhi ukunyakaza okunjalo akufanele kwesabe amandla, kodwa ukulungele ukulwa nakho. Kulapho-ke lapho singaqala khona ngempela ukwakha kabusha leli zwe kusukela phansi kuya phezulu.
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