I-Massachusetts Nurses Association Board of Directors - onesi kunye nabasebenzi bezempilo abanyulwe ngoogxa babo be-MNA - baye bakhupha le ngxelo ilandelayo ekuphenduleni kwidrafti evuzayo yesigqibo sesininzi seNkundla ePhakamileyo yase-US yokubuyisela umva imimiselo yamalungelo okuqhomfa, kuquka uRoe v. Wade.
“Ukukwazi ukusebenzisa ukuzimela geqe lilungelo lomntu elisisiseko. Uluvo lweNkundla ePhakamileyo oluyilwayo oluchitha uRoe v. Wade luya kuphazamisa kakhulu ukhathalelo lwempilo e-United States kwaye lubeke ngokungafaniyo imivuzo ephantsi, abantu abangenazibonelelo eziphantsi kunye nabantu ababejongelwe phantsi ngokwesiko emngciphekweni. Esi sigwebo siyakongeza imiqobo eyongezelelweyo engalunganga kwabasetyhini kunye nabo bonke abantu abazala abantwana abajongene nemiqobo ephezulu ekusebenziseni amalungelo abo okuzala kunye nokuzimela. Kubekho ukuqondwa okukhulayo kunye nokuqinisekiswa kokungalingani kwezempilo, ngakumbi ngokwemigaqo yobuhlanga kunye nezoqoqosho. Ukuguqulwa kuka-Roe v. Wade kuya kulungelelanisa oko kungalingani, kubenzakalisa ngakumbi uluntu olunempilo esele isengozini ngenxa yoku mahluko. Esi sigqibo siya kuthetha ukubuya umva okubalulekileyo kwiinzame zesizwe zethu zokujongana nokungalingani kwezempilo kwaye siza kuvula umnyango wokhukuliseko olongezelelekileyo lokhetho lomntu. ”
“Iingcali zomthetho ziqikelele ukuba esi sigqibo, ukuba siphunyeziwe, sinokubangela ukuvalwa umlomo kokuqhomfa kumazwe amaninzi kwaye kukhokelela kuthintelo lokuqhomfa ukuba luphunyezwe kwilizwe liphela. Ukuguqulwa kweRoe njengoko kubhaliwe kunokubangela ukujoliswa kwabakhathaleli, oogqirha, abongikazi, kunye nabongikazi abanikezela ngeenkonzo zokukhupha isisu. Umthetho waseTexas uvumela amalungu oluntu ukuba alandele amatyala oluntu ngokuchasene nababoneleli, kwaye umthetho wase-Alabama uza kufaka oogqirha kutshutshiso lolwaphulo-mthetho, kubandakanya nesigwebo sobomi entolongweni. Ukwenziwa kube lulwaphulo-mthetho ukubonelela ngeenkonzo zempilo ezibalulekileyo ngumbono omnyama wekamva lethu ongenako ukuma. Kwakhona simele sikuchase ukubuyela kwixesha apho abantu ababezala banyanzelwa ukuba babeke impilo emngciphekweni ukuze basebenzise ilungelo labo lokuzimela ngokwasemzimbeni. Ukuba iphunyezwe njengoko ibhaliwe, isigqibo sinokusongela amalungelo omanyano kumtshato wesini esifanayo kunye nokufikelela kwizicwangcisi.
“Njengamalungu emanyano, abongikazi, kunye nabasebenzi bezempilo, sikholelwa ukuba wonke umntu kufuneka afikelele ngokulinganayo kukhathalelo lwezempilo. Indawo ohlala kuyo kunye nemali onayo ayifanele igqibe enoba unokufumana iinkonzo ezikhuselekileyo nezisemthethweni zokuqhomfa. Akukho bani uhlanga okanye nayiphi na enye into yobuntu bakhe kufuneka isetyenziswe ukukhawulela ukhetho lwabo lwezempilo. Sinikezela ngokhathalelo olusekwe kwezona zenzo zilungileyo. Njengabongikazi baseMassachusetts, sinoxanduva "lokugcina impilo, ukufundisa, ukucebisa, ukucwangcisa intsebenziswano, kunye nokubuyisela ukusebenza kakuhle kunye nokuthuthuzela" kwizigulane zethu. Izigqibo zokhathalelo lwempilo kufuneka zibe phakathi kwezigulane kunye nababoneleli bazo, ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa ngurhulumente okanye ingcamango yezopolitiko.
“Ukuguqulwa kweRoe okulindelweyo kunye neminye imithetho efuna ukuvala amalungelo omntu ngamnye kunye nenkululeko iya kuqhubela phambili umjikelo welizwe lethu wocalucalulo, ubuhlanga, nokungalingani. Le yinto ekufuneka sonke siyichase. Njengoko umanyano lwethu luye lwasifundisa amaxesha ngamaxesha, ukungabikho kokusesikweni komnye umntu kukungabikho kokusesikweni kubo bonke. Abahlengikazi be-MNA kunye nabasebenzi bezempilo baxhasa ukugqithiswa kwe-Commonwealth's Roe Act kwaye baye babonisa ukuzibophelela kwexesha elide ekuqinisekiseni ukufikelela ngokulinganayo kuzo zonke iinkonzo zempilo, kubandakanywa nokupheliswa kokukhulelwa. Sizinikezele ngokupheleleyo kungekuphela nje kwizigulane zethu kodwa ukuqhubela phambili unobangela wokhathalelo lwempilo jikelele oluhlangabezana neemfuno zomntu wonke ngokulinganayo. Inkqubela phambili eyenziwe e-United States yokwandisa kunye nokulinganisa ukufikelela kukhathalelo lwezempilo akufanele kumiswe kwaye kubuyiselwe umva. Kufuneka simanyane ngokuchasene nokudilizwa kwamalungelo oluntu kwaye silwele ubulungisa bezempilo kubo bonke. "
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- MNA nurses and healthcare professionals supported passage of the Commonwealth’s Roe Act and have demonstrated a longstanding commitment to ensuring equitable access to all healthcare services, including the termination of a pregnancy.
- A Texas law allows members of the public to pursue civil lawsuits against providers, and an Alabama law would subject physicians to criminal prosecution, including a life sentence in prison.
- The Massachusetts Nurses Association Board of Directors – nurses and healthcare professionals elected by their MNA colleagues – have released the following statement in response to the leaked draft U.
