I-BELFAST, i-Northern Ireland - Amashumi amawaka abasetyhini e-Northern Ireland babelane ngemfihlo: Baye eNgilani ukukhupha isisu okungekho mthethweni apha.
Imeko yoMntla Ireland ayiqhelekanga kuba iyinxalenye yelizwe, iUnited Kingdom, eyayiphakathi kwelizwe lokuqala ukuqhomfa ngokusemthethweni emva phayaa ngowe-1967. Kodwa umthetho uye wavalwa apha. Ngoko ke, nyaka ngamnye, kuqikelelwa ukuba abemi baseMntla Ireland abamalunga ne-1,400 2,000 ukuya kuma-XNUMX XNUMX banqumla uLwandle lwaseIreland ukuze baye kuqhawula ukukhulelwa kwabo.
Abathetheleli bokwandiswa kwamalungelo okuqhomfa kuMntla Ireland baphikisa ngelithi isalelo esilapha asikuyekisi ukuqhomfa. Yenza nje ukuba abasetyhini abancinci bahlawule amakhulu okanye amawaka eedola ngenkqubo ethi, kuyo yonke iBritane, isimahla ngenkonzo yezempilo exhaswa ngurhulumente wase-UK. Kodwa umzamo wamva nje wokuzisa iBelfast ngokuhambelana neBhritane - isilungiso seqela elikhuselweyo liqaqobana labenzi bomthetho abangamaNgesi eLondon - ayikaxoxwa.
Loo maqhinga abonisa isibakala esingaqhelekanga sokuba, xa kufikelelwa kumbandela wokuqhomfa, abezobupolitika baseBritani bamaProtestanti nabaseIreland abangamaKatolika akuMntla Ireland babonana ngasonye. Babini nje kwabezobupolitika abali-108 kwiNdibano yaseNorthern Ireland bathetha bexhasa imigudu yabameli bamaNgesi.
Ngokwahlukileyo koko, iinkokeli zawo onke amaqela omane kulawulo lolwabelwano lwamandla lwaseNorthern Ireland - imbumba engasebenziyo eyahlulahlulwe kwimiba emininzi - yabelana ngamaqonga ukukhaba isilungiso esicetywayo. Baye baxhasa i-anti-abortion drive ehambisa abantu abayi-120,000 abasayiniweyo ngo-Okthobha kwi-ofisi yaseBritane yeNkulumbuso uGordon Brown.
“Kucacile ukuba uMntla Ireland unabantu abaninzi abaxhasa ubomi. Ingumba onqumla ngokukodwa iyantlukwano yezopolitiko apha. Enoba ungumKatolika okanye ungumProtestanti akukhathaliseki xa kufikelelwa ekuwiseni isigwebo sentambo kubantwana abamsulwa nabangekazalwa,” watsho uBernie Smyth, inkokeli yePrecious Life, iqela leengcinezelo zasekuhlaleni elasekwa kwiminyaka eli-11 eyadlulayo ukuze ligcine ukuqhomfa. ephuma kuMntla Ireland. U-Smyth kutshanje uye wakhokela iqela elichasene nokuqhomfa ngaphandle kwePalamente eLondon.
Ukubuyela eBelfast, abaphembeleli bePrecious Life banyusela uqhanqalazo lwabo lwesiqhelo lweveki ngaphandle kweofisi yoMbutho woCwangciso loSapho wase-UK, iziko eliphambili labasetyhini abajongene nokukhulelwa okungafunwayo eMantla Ireland. Ibhinqa eliyedwa lanika amaphecana abonisa imveku ekrazukileyo.
U-Audrey Simpson, umlawuli weziko laseBelfast, uthe abaphembeleli be-Precious Life babangela ukucaphuka okungapheliyo kubakhenkethi bakhe abakhulelweyo, kwiimeko ezininzi, sele besoyika ukuchongwa njengabantu abafuna ukukhipha isisu.
Uthe abachasi bokukhupha isisu "bahlukumeza nawuphi na umntu obhinqileyo, ukuba babonakala bemncinci okanye bekwiminyaka echumayo" - nangona uninzi lwabasetyhini lundwendwela ezinye iiofisi kwisakhiwo se-multiagency. Baza kuzama ukukunika uncwadi baze bakubongoze besithi, ‘Ungalubulali usana lwakho,’ yaye basenokude bakulandele de ubuyele emotweni yakho, bekhwaza besithi, ‘Uya esihogweni!’ ”
USimpson uthe malunga nama-600 abasetyhini abakhulelweyo bafuna iingcebiso kwiofisi yakhe ngonyaka, kwaye ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha bakhetha ukuqhomfa eNgilani.
Nangona iindwendwe zaseNorthern Ireland zingabahlawuli berhafu baseBritane, abanako ukusebenzisa i-inshurensi yezempilo exhaswa ngurhulumente kwaye ke kufuneka bahlawule naphi na ukusuka kwi-1,000 yeedola ukuya kwi-3,300 yeedola. Okongeziweyo, uthe, abasetyhini nabo babhabhela kwelinye lamaxabiso aphantsi aseNetherlands okanye bathenge iipilisi ezikhupha isisu kwi-Intanethi.
Uye waphawula ukuba abafazi baye kwiofisi yakhe besuka kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseIreland eselumelwaneni, apho ukuqhomfa kukwangekho mthethweni, kuba babesoyika ukubonwa ngabahlobo bengena kwelinye lamaziko eengcebiso ngokukhulelwa eDublin. Kodwa wachaza uMntla Ireland njengongqongqo ngokwentlalo kunomzantsi uninzi lwawo unamaKatolika.
“Kwimimandla eqhelekileyo ubunokuba noogqirha namagqwetha azimiseleyo ukuthethelela amalungelo okuqhomfa. Kukho ingxoxo ephilileyo emazantsi. Hayi apha. Akukho gqirha omnye okanye igqwetha eliya kuthi lixhome intloko phezu kongqameko,” utshilo. “Apha, isimo sengqondo sithi: ‘Masingayihoyi le nto siyenzayo amabhinqa aselula. Masivumele iWestminster (iPalamente yaseBritani eLondon) iyiphathe le nto.' Iyahlekisa.”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Northern Ireland’s position is peculiar because it is part of a country, the United Kingdom, that was among the world’s first to legalize abortion back in 1967.
- Back in Belfast, Precious Life activists mounted their usual weekday protest outside the office of the UK’s Family Planning Association, the major center for women facing unwanted pregnancies in Northern Ireland.
- But the latest attempt to bring Belfast in line with Britain — a cross-party amendment championed by a handful of English lawmakers in London — has not even been discussed.
