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NgoDisemba odlule, ukuphikisana ngomlomo zabanjwa ngaphambi kweNkantolo Ephakeme ecaleni lika-Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, icala elaholela umbono ongakapheli oputshuziwe ngesonto eledlule ukuthi, uma kuqedwa, bekuyoketula uRoe v. Wade. Ngesinye isikhathi esikhanyisela kakhulu, iJaji eliKhulu uJohn Roberts lizame ukudonsa uJulie Rikelman - umqondisi wamacala eCentre for Reproductive Rights, owayephikisana nokuthi kuvalwe ukuhushulwa kwezisu ngemva kwamasonto ayishumi nanhlanu esifundazweni saseMississippi kugumbuqelwe - wabuyela emuva. -phambili mayelana nokubaluleka kokunqunywa kokuba ukufinyelela ekukhipheni isisu. U-Rikelman wenze impikiswano ebanzi, ukuthi ukunciphisa ukufinyelela kwabesifazane kunqubo kungase kulimaza ngokulinganayo abesifazane abahola kancane noma labo abahlangabezana nezinkinga zomuntu siqu. Waphendukela ezinambeni ukuze aqinise ingxabano yakhe. โEqinisweni,โ kusho u-Rikelman, โimininingwane ibicace kakhulu kule minyaka engamashumi amahlanu edlule ukuthi ukukhipha isisu bekubalulekile ekubambeni iqhaza okulinganayo kwabesifazane emphakathini. Bekubalulekile empilweni yabo, ezimpilweni zabo, emandleni abo okuphishekelaโโ
โNgiyaxolisa, yiniโluhlobo luni lwedatha leyo?โ Kuphazamise uRoberts.
Lapho uRikelman ezama ukuphendula, uRoberts waphinde waphazamisa. โAwu, ukubeka leyo datha eceleni,โ kusho yena, โkungani amasonto ayishumi nanhlanu kungaba umugqa ongafanele?โ
Elalela ukucobelelana ngolwazi, u-Caitlin Myers, uprofesa wezomnotho e-Middlebury College owenza izifundo zobulili, ubuhlanga, kanye nemithelela yezinqubomgomo zempilo yokuzala ezimpilweni zabantu, wayemangele. Kungani Ijaji Lenkantolo Ephakeme, lapho licubungula udaba olubaluleke kangaka, lingabi nentshisekelo yokwazi โidathaโ? Ozakwabo bakaRobert bakhombise ukunganaki okufanayo embonweni osalungiswa wecala likaDobbs elalikhona eshicilelwe ngabakwaPolitico: AmaJaji asekela umbono abonakala engenandaba nalolu daba. Lapho isinqumo sokuqala sika-Roe savuma ukuthi ukwenza abantu bathwale futhi bakhulise izingane ezingafunwa "kungaphoqa" abesifazane "impilo ecindezelayo nekusasa," umbono osalungiswa, owabhalwa nguJustice Samuel Alito, awuzange ukhulume ngezindlela ezinkulu ukulahlekelwa ukufinyelela okuphephile. , ukukhishwa kwezisu okungokomthetho kungakhinyabeza ikhono labesifazane lokuhlanganyela ngokugcwele emphakathini.
Ngekwindla edlule, uMyers wahlanganisa osomnotho abayikhulu namashumi amahlanu nane ukuthi bafake isitatimende esifushane mayelana nokuvinjelwa kokuhushula izisu, lapho baveze khona amashumi eminyaka ocwaningo ngokuthi ukukhulelwa okungafunwa kungathinta kanjani imfundo yabesifazane, ukuqashwa kanye nethemba lokuhola, futhi kungaba nomthelela emakethe yezabasebenzi. kabanzi. โOsomnotho sebebonke abanakho ukungaboni ngaso linye ngalokhu,โ kusho uMyers. โLona akuwona umbuzo mayelana nenani elincane lamaholoโuma uveza lokho, bazoqala ukuxabana. Kodwa, uma ubuza ngendima yokuzala izingane ekuphileni kwabesifazane, abaphikisani namaqiniso amaningi.โ
U-Tiffany Green, isazi sezomnotho kanye nososayensi wezempilo yabantu kanye nomsizi kaprofesa e-University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, uphawule ukuthi eminingi yaleyo miphumela izowela ngokungafanele kulabo asebevele babandlululweโikakhulukazi abesifazane bemibala kanye nabantu abangazalwanga kanye nabashintsha ubulili. . Izibalo ezimbalwa zisiza ukucacisa ukuthi uhlanga nesigaba zinethonya elingakanani ukuthi ubani ozolinyazwa kakhulu: ngo-2014, amaphesenti angamashumi amane nesishiyagalolunye akho konke ukukhishwa kwezisu kwatholwa abantu ababengaphansi komugqa wobumpofu wenhlangano. Kusukela ngo-2004, cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yatholwa abantu ababemhlophe, amaphesenti angamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa yilabo ababeMnyama, namaphesenti angamashumi amabili nambili ngabantu base-Hispanic. Abesifazane abamnyama basethubeni elikhulu kakhulu lokukhulelwa okungahlosiwe kunabesifazane abamhlophe ngenxa yokungafani kwezomnotho kanye nohlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo, kanye nezinye izici; eqenjini elifanayo, ukubeletha kuyingozi kakhulu. โKungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukholelwa ukuthi ukukhipha isisu kuyinto yokuziphatha noma cha, ubufakazi buwubufakazi,โ kusho uGreen. โFuthi ubufakazi obuqandโ ikhanda bokuthi lokhu kuzoba nomthelela omubi kwezomnotho kwabesifazane nabanye abakhulelwe, impilo yabo yengqondo, impilo yabo engokomzimba, kanye nempilo yabo ekugcineni. Ukuphela kwe-Roe v. Wade cishe kuzoba nemiphumela edabukisayo.โ
Emafushaneni afakwe eNkantolo, uThomas Dobbs kanye neSifundazwe saseMississippi bethule ingxabano mayelana nokuba umzali wesimanje okwakubonakala kunqanyuliwe eqinisweni. Dobbs, isikhulu sezempilo sesifundazwe saseMississippi, uphikisa ngokuthi isinqumo sika-Roe v. Wadeโkanye necala leNkantolo Ephakeme elalandela elasekela u-Roe ngo-1992, elithi Planned Parenthood v. Caseyโlalingasenamsebenzi kwabesifazane nabazali. โImashi yenqubekela phambili isihambile Roe futhi Casey ngemuva,โ kufundeka kafushane. Iyaqhubeka iphakamisa ukuthi izinto ezihlanganisa ukutholakala kwezindlela zokuvimbela inzalo, imithetho yekhefu lomndeni, nokuba khona kokunakekelwa kwezingane kwenze lolu daba lwangabe lusabalulekile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iyaphawula, zonke izifundazwe ezingamashumi amahlanu zinemithetho โyendawo ephephileโ eyenza kube nokwenzeka ukudedela izingane ezisanda kuzalwa ezingafunwa kuhulumeni ukuze zamukelwe, ngokuvamile kungabuzwa imibuzo. Zonke lezi zenzakalo, kafushane zifundeka, โzenza kube lula ikhono labesifazane lokuphishekela kokubili impumelelo yomsebenzi nokuphila komkhaya okucebile.โ Ephendula, uMyers waphawula, โAwudingi isazi sezomnotho esinezibalo ezinhle ukuze sikutshele ukuthi kuyahlekisa lokho.โ
Ukugunyazwa kokuhushulwa kwezisu, eminyakeni yamashumi ayisikhombisa, kwaba nemiphumela emangalisayo eminyakeni lapho kanye nezimo lapho abesifazane baba omama ngaphansi kwazo. Yehlisa isibalo somama abasebasha ngengxenye yesithathu, nesabesifazane abashada besebasha ngengxenye yesihlanu. "Leyo miphumela igxile kwabesifazane abasebasha nabesifazane abanemibala," kusho uMyers. โNgisho noma ukuhushula izisu kungekho emthethweni, abesifazane ababenamandla babeyithola indlela.โ Abesifazane abakwazi ukubambezela ukuba ngumama ngokufinyelela okusemthethweni kokukhishwa kwezisu babesemathubeni amaningi okuthi baqede ekolishi, baphishekele iziqu eziphakeme, bachithe isikhathi eside besebenza, futhi bangene emisebenzini ekhokha kakhulu; mancane kakhulu amathuba okuba bawele ebumpofu kamuva ekuphileni. "Eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu kamuva, umbuzo uwukuthi: ingabe kusebalulekile?" UMyers uthe, ngokufinyelela kwezisu. โNgamafuphi, impendulo inguyebo.โ
Umbono osalungiswa uphakamisa ukuthi amalungu aqinile eNkantolo ayamukele njengeqiniso inguqulo engelona iqiniso elethulwa impikiswano ka-Dobbsโnoma mhlawumbe awacabangi nje ukuthi imiphumela yezomnotho engaba khona yokuvinjelwa kokukhishwa kwezisu ezimpilweni zabesifazane ibalulekile ingxoxo. Eqinisweni, abantu abaningi abakwazi ukufinyelela ilivu yomndeni ekhokhelwayo: i-US ingelinye lamazwe ambalwa angaqinisekisi ikhefu elikhokhelwayo kubazali abasha. Izindleko zokunakekela izingane zibiza kakhulu, zenza isilinganiso esingaphezu kwenkulungwane zamaRandi ngenyanga ezinsaneni. Ucwaningo olwenziwa ongoti bezomnotho abafana noClaudia Goldin, eHarvard, noFrancine Blau, eCornell University, luveze ukuthi igebe lokuhola ubulili liqala ukwanda uma abesifazane sebengomama. Ukuvikelwa kwendawo yokusebenza okukhona komama kusebenza ikakhulukazi kubantu abaneziqu zasekolishi; emaphethelweni aphansi e-spectrum yezomnotho, lapho izisebenzi zehora zingase zenze umsebenzi weshifu ngamahora angabikezeleki, kunezivikelo ezimbalwa ezikhona. โNgicabanga ukuthi siyayidinga imininingwane. Futhi sinayo. Sabanika yona,โ kusho uMyers. "Futhi kubonakala sengathi akubonakali kulolo hlaka."
Sheelah Kolhatkar ungumbhali wezisebenzi eThe New Yorker, lapho ebhala khona ngeWall Street, Silicon Valley, ezomnotho, nepolitiki. Ungumbhali we โI-Black Edge: Ulwazi Lwangaphakathi, Imali Engcolile, kanye Nokufuna Ukwehlisa Indoda Efunwa Kakhulu ku-Wall Street. "
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