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Ngenkathi i-US Food and Drug Administration imemezela ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ukuthi izovumela amaketanga esitolo sezidakamizwa ukuthi athengise i-mifepristone, umuthi wokuqala olawulwa kakhulu othathwe ohlelweni lwezidakamizwa ezimbili zokuhushula isisu, ama-Walgreens namanye amaketanga ekhemisi akhuphuka ngokulangazela athi azohamba. ngenqubo yesitifiketi esidingekayo.
Kepha ngemuva kwabameli abakhulu ezifundazweni ezingama-20 eziholwa yiRiphabhulikhi wabhala incwadi embi eya kusekela mongameli omkhulu wakwaWalgreens emkhumbuza ngemithetho yokuhushula izisu kanye nesixwayiso – ngokungabaza – ukuthi ngokungemthetho ukuthumela amaphilisi okukhipha isisu e-US, inkampani yatshela izitolo eziningi zezindaba ukuthi ngeke zithengise kulezo zifundazwe. Inkampani ithole a incwadi efanayo kusuka eKansas Atty. U-Gen. Kris Kobach – futhi waphendula wathi ngeke adayise umuthi e-Kansas.
I-Walgreens igcizelele esitatimendeni ezinsukwini zakamuva ukuthi uma isiqinisekisiwe, yayizodayisa amaphilisi okukhipha isisu ezifundazweni lapho kusemthethweni khona.
Kepha izitatimende zomthengisi ekungqubuzaneni komphakathi jikelele nalokho akutshele lezo zifundazwe ezilandelanayo. Ukukhipha isisu – okuhlanganisa nokuhushula isisu ngemithi – kusemthethweni ingxenye yezifunda ezingama-21 eyabhalela i-Walgreens futhi kamuva yathola iziqinisekiso ukuthi umthengisi wayengeke adayise kulezo zifundazwe. Futhi iningi lalezo zifundazwe lapho kusemthethweni livumela abantu ukuthi baphuze imithi yokuhushula izisu ngaphandle kwehhovisi labahlinzeki – okusho ukuthi ama-Walgreens angathengisa kulezo zifundazwe. Kwezinye zalezo zifundazwe ukukhishwa kwezisu kuvinjelwe ngaphandle okulinganiselwe noma, esimweni esisodwa, akutholakali ngenxa yokuthi awukho umtholampilo wokukhipha izisu.
Into eyodwa ukuthi zonke izifundazwe ezingama-21 ezifanayo izikhulu ezikhethiwe eziphikisana namalungelo okukhipha izisu.
Kungaqondakala uma izikhulu ze-Walgreens zibeka isitatimende zithi izandla zabo ziboshiwe ezifundazweni ezingu-10 lapho ukukhishwa kwezisu kuvinjelwe khona. Kodwa esikhundleni salokho iketango lekhemisi lawela engcindezini yezombangazwe, futhi lokho kuyadelela.
Akumangalisi ukuthi uHulumeni waseCalifornia uGavin Newsom aqhume kuTwitter ngoMsombuluko, ukumemezela, “ICalifornia ngeke yenze ibhizinisi nayo Ama-Walgreens – noma iyiphi inkampani eyeba abashisekeli futhi ebeka izimpilo zabesifazane engcupheni. Sesiqedile.” Akukacaci ukuthi isifunda sase-California “singenziwa” ngama-Walgreens, nokuthi singasho ukuthini ngemiyalelo exhaswa uhulumeni. Ubudlelwano bunzima kakhulu kunesitatimende sikaNewsom, kodwa siyakuqonda ukukhungatheka kwakhe.
Esikhathini se-post-Roe lapho izifunda zizama ukukhawulela ukuhushulwa kwezisu, okuhlanganisa nokuhushula isisu ngemithi, etholakala kalula kunokukhipha isisu ngokuhlinzwa, kuyacasula ukuthi iketango lesitolo sezidakamizwa lixhunywe nganoma iyiphi indlela ekuvimbeleni ukufinyelela. Ukunakekelwa kokuhushula isisu kuwukunakekelwa kwezempilo, futhi lokho kufanele kube ukukhathazeka okuyinhloko kukaWalgreens.
Iphinde ibeke isibonelo esiyingozi esingaheha abantu abaningi ukuthi bazame ukuhlukumeza amabhizinisi ukuze baphuce ilungelo labantu lokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Ezifundeni lapho ukuhushula isisu kutholakala ngokunganaki futhi kuhlaselwa njalo, amaketanga afana nama-Walgreens ayindlela yokuphila kubantu abakhulelwe abanezinsiza ezilinganiselwe ukuze baye emtholampilo.
Ngenkathi abakwaWalgreens bevuma incwadi kaKobach exwayisa inkampani ukuthi ingathumeli i-mail-oda i-mifepristone eKansas – lapho ukufinyelela ekuhushulweni kwemithi kuhlaselwa – futhi wamqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke liwudayise nhlobo umuthi esifundazweni, i ummeli jikelele yaphawula enkulumweni yezindaba ethi isinqumo sikaWalgreens “sasiwukunqoba okuphawulekayo kwesisekelo sokuphila nempilo yabesifazane.” Ukukhipha isisu ngemithi kuphephe kakhulu. Lokhu bekungeyona into engaphezu kweqhinga lezepolitiki – futhi iqiniso lokuthi abakwaWalgreens bawa ngenxa yalo liphazamisa kakhulu.
Amahloni kubaphathi be-Walgreens abaklomelise iminyaka yokusekelwa okuvela kumakhasimende anehlombe elibandayo lapho nje bedinga usizo kakhulu. Lokhu kukhashelwa okungenamgogodla sekubangele inkampani isitoko ukudipha phakathi kwezingcingo eziqondakalayo zokuduba. Ama-Walgreens kufanele ahlehlise isifundo, abuyisele emuva izithembiso ezenziwa kosopolitiki abamelene nokukhishwa kwezisu futhi aqinisekise ngokuzwakalayo ukuthi uchungechunge luzothengisa ngempela i-mifepristone kuzo zonke izifunda lapho ukukhipha isisu kusemthethweni.
