Amaphuzu Abalulekile
- Abamele ukuhushulwa kwezisu bavule icala emthethwandaba weTexas efuna ukuvala iphilisi lokuhushula isisu elizweni lonke jikelele.
- Leli cala lithathela i-mifepristone, iphilisi elisetshenziswa ngaphezu kwesigamu sakho konke ukukhishwa kwezisu e-US.
- Le mpi iza cishe ngemva konyaka kuchithwa ilungelo lokuhushula izisu ezweni lonke.
Abamelene nokukhishwa kwezisu e-United States banethemba lokuthi bazowina isigwebo sikazwelonke sokuvinjelwa kwephilisi lokukhipha isisu, njengoba icala labo elibhekene nabalawuli bezidakamizwa zikahulumeni liphikiswa phambi kwejaji laseTexas okukholakala ukuthi liyazwelana nenhloso yabo.
Kukhanyiswe ngu amabutho alwa nokukhishwa kwezisu manje aqondise emuthini kadokotela i-mifepristone emkhankasweni wokwenza ukukhishwa kwezisu kungenzeki noma kuphi ezweni.
Icala elibhekene ne-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lihlose iphilisi elihilelekile kumaphesenti angu-53 akho konke ukukhishwa kwezisu e-United States – ngaphezu kwengxenye yesigidi minyaka yonke.
Nakuba i-FDA ingakaze iphonselwe inselelo ekugunyazweni kwayo komuthi okufakazelwe ukuthi uphephile futhi uyasebenza, umfelandawonye wamaqembu amelene nokuhushula izisu ngemuva kwesudi ukholelwa ukuthi angakwazi ukunqoba iqhwa ezweni lonke ekusatshalalisweni kwe-mifepristone.
Ongamele leli cala enkantolo yombuso e-Amarillo, eTexas, yijaji uMatthew Kacsmaryk, umKristu obambelele ngokuqinile emthethweni onomlando wokuphikisa ukukhishwa kwesisu.
Icala langena enkantolo yakhe ngalokho abagxeki abakubiza ngokuthi “ukuthenga amajaji”, lapho abamangali bethatha izinyathelo zomthetho esifundeni lapho ijaji linomlando wezinqumo ezisekela icala labo.
Akukacaci ukuthi uMnu Kacsmaryk uzosithatha nini isinqumo sakhe, kodwa uma evuna abamangali, uhulumeni wase-US kulindeleke ukuthi adlulise lesi sinqumo.
Iqeqebana lababhikishi libuthene ngaphandle kwenkantolo ngoLwesithathu, liphethe amabhodi aneziqubulo ezinjengokuthi “Akusona isibeletho sakho, hhayi isinqumo sakho” kanye nesithi “Vikela ukuhushulwa kwemithi ngemithi”.
ULindsay London, ongumhlengikazi oneminyaka engu-41 ubudala, uthe leli cala “lisekelwe emibonweni engamaphesenti ayi-100.”
“Ukube bebekhathazekile ngempilo yabantu ngabe ziningi ezinye izinyathelo abebezozenza. Imibono ayisekelwe kwisayensi.”
Ingabe umuthi uphephile?
Njengengxenye eyodwa yohlu lwezidakamizwa ezimbili ezisetshenziselwa ukuhushula izisu kwemithi, i-mifepristone ingasetshenziswa e-US emasontweni okuqala ayi-10 okukhulelwa.
Icala elivela kuma-Christian Conservatives lihloselwe ukuchitha ukugunyaza kwe-Food and Drug Administration kwephilisi lokukhipha isisu i-mifepristone. Umthombo: I-AAP / AP/Allen G. Breed
Inerekhodi elide lokuphepha, kanti i-FDA ilinganisela ukuthi bangu-5.6 million abantu baseMelika abayisebenzise ukuqeda ukukhulelwa selokhu yagunyazwa.
Kepha i-Alliance Defending Freedom, okuyiqembu labameli abangamaKristu abalandela leli cala, ithi ukuvunywa kwesayensi ye-mifepristone “disavow(ed)”, “kuziba” imithelela yezempilo engaba khona futhi “kuzishaya indiva” izinkinga ezingase ziphakame ngokusetshenziswa kwayo.
“I-FDA yehlulekile kwabesifazane namantombazane baseMelika ngesikhathi ikhetha ipolitiki esikhundleni sesayensi yagunyaza imishanguzo ehushula izisu yamakhemikhali ukuze isetshenziswe e-United States,” basho.
I-FDA inxuse ijaji ukuthi lenqabe isicelo.
“Izintshisekelo zomphakathi zizolimala kakhulu ngokuhoxiswa ngempumelelo emakethe umuthi ophephile futhi osebenzayo osekuyiminyaka engu-22 uthengiswa ngokusemthethweni,” kusho le nkampani.
Njengamanje, ezinye izifundazwe eziyi-15 zikhawulela ukufinyelela ku-mifepristone ngemithetho edinga udokotela ukuthi ayinikeze, ngokusho kweGuttmacher Institute, inqubomgomo yezempilo yokuzala kanye neqembu locwaningo.
Ukunakekelwa kokuhushulwa kwezisu kumisiwe kwezinye izifundazwe eziyi-13 ngemuva kokuthi iNkantolo Ephakeme ichithe ilungelo lomthethosisekelo elase linesikhathi lasungulwa ngoJuni odlule.
Icala laseTexas lifuna ukuvimba i-mifepristone kuzwelonke ngokuchitha ukugunyaza kwe-FDA komuthi futhi licela ukuvinjelwa okusebenzayo kwephilisi ngenkathi icala liqhubeka enkantolo.
Izinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo okukhishwa kwezisu zithi isinqumo esivimba i-mifepristone sizonyakazisa umhlaba njengesinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme ngonyaka odlule.
“Ukutholakala kwemithi yokuhushula izisu kuzophela ezweni lonke – ngisho nakulezo zifunda lapho amalungelo okukhipha izisu evikelekile,” kusho iCentre for Reproductive Rights.
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