Isishayamthetho sesifunda saseMinnesota siphasise umthethosivivinywa oqinisekisa ilungelo lokuhushula isisu, ohlanganisa isinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme yesifunda cishe eminyakeni engama-30 edlule.
Ekuseni ngoMgqibelo, ISenethi yezwe ivotele ama-34-33 evumelana nalo mthethosivivinywa kulandela inkulumompikiswano yamahora ambalwa ochungechungeni lwezichibiyelo amaRiphabhulikhi azibeke phambili ngethemba lokuhlehlisa isiphakamiso.
UHulumeni waseMinnesota u-Tim Walz (D) uthe uzosayina lo mthethosivivinywa ube umthetho.
I-Protect Reproductive Options (PRO) Act izoqinisekisa ukuthi amalungelo okukhipha isisu embusweni - njengoba kubekwe ku. Doe v. Gomez, icala leNkantolo Ephakeme yezwe kusukela ngo-1995 elasungula ukuthi ukufinyelela kokuhushula isisu kwakuvikelwe umthethosisekelo wezwe - kufakwe emthethweni. Njengesinqumo sango-1995, lo mthetho omusha awubeki noma yimiphi imingcele ekukhishweni kwezisu okusekelwe eminyakeni yokukhulelwa kombungu, ukushiyela kubantu abakhulelwe kanye nodokotela babo ukuthi banqume ukuthi bazosikhipha yini isisu noma cha.
Nakuba isinqumo senkantolo sesineminyaka engamashumi eminyaka sisebenza, abameli bamalungelo okuzala bathi ukuphasiswa koMthetho we-PRO kuyadingeka ngenxa yeNkantolo Ephakeme Yombuso. I-Dobbs v. Impilo Yabesifazane obusa ehlobo eledlule, eyachitha izivikelo zokukhishwa kwezisu ezasungulwa Roe v. Wade.
“Izinqumo zezinkantolo zethu, ukugcinwa kwamalungelo ethu ayisisekelo, ziqinile njengamajaji azigcinayo,” kusho. I-state Sen. Jennifer McEwen (D), umbhali we-PRO Act, ephawula lokho okwenzekile Roe kungenzeka ezingeni lenkantolo yezwe.
Kusengenzeka ukuthi amalungelo okukhipha isisu e-Minnesota aguqulwe ngokuzayo. Kepha ukuphasiswa koMthetho we-PRO kwenza kube nzima kakhulu, njengoba kungadinga kokubili ukumiswa kwe Doe v. Gomez kanye nokuchithwa komthethosivivinywa. Ukuhlehlisa lo mthethosivivinywa, ozoba umthetho, amaRiphabhulikhi kuzofanele avikele ububusi kanye nezindlu zombili zesishayamthetho sezwe, umsebenzi abangakawufezi okungenani iminyaka engamashumi amathathu.
Umthethosivivinywa ukubeka kucace ukuthi wonke umuntu embusweni unelungelo “lokwenza izinqumo ezizimele” ngokukhulelwa kwakhe, kanye nasezintweni zokuvimbela inzalo.
“Wonke umuntu unelungelo eliyisisekelo lokwenza izinqumo ezizimele mayelana nempilo yokuzala yomuntu siqu, okuhlanganisa nelungelo eliyisisekelo lokusebenzisa noma lokwenqaba ukunakekelwa kwezempilo zokuzala,” umbhalo womthethosivivinywa uthi, enezela:
Wonke umuntu okhulelwayo unelungelo eliyisisekelo lokuqhubeka nokukhulelwa abelethe, noma akhiphe isisu, futhi enze izinqumo ezizimele mayelana nendlela yokusebenzisa leli lungelo eliyisisekelo.
Lapho uMthetho we-PRO usayinwa emthethweni, iMinnesota izoba yi- isimo sokuqala ezweni ukuhlanganisa ukuvikelwa kwamalungelo okukhipha isisu ngemuva Ama-Dobbs. Umbuso uzophinde ube ngowesithupha e-US ukumisa umthetho oqinisekisa amalungelo okukhipha izisu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukukhulelwa komuntu kungakanani.
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