Azimayi zikwizikwi ku N. Ireland amapita ku England kukachotsa mimba

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Amayi masauzande ambiri ku Northern Ireland amagawana chinsinsi: Apita ku England kukachotsa mimba komwe sikungakhale kosaloledwa pano.

Kaimidwe ka Northern Ireland n’kwachilendo chifukwa ndi mbali ya dziko, United Kingdom, imene inali pakati pa mayiko oyamba padziko lonse kuvomereza mwalamulo kuchotsa mimba kalelo mu 1967. Koma lamulolo laletsedwa kuno. Choncho, chaka chilichonse, anthu pafupifupi 1,400 mpaka 2,000 a ku Northern Ireland amadutsa nyanja ya Irish Sea kukachotsa mimba.

Ochirikiza ufulu wochotsa mimba ku Northern Ireland amati kuletsa kumeneku sikuletsa kuchotsa mimba. Zimangopangitsa azimayi achichepere kulipira mazana kapena masauzande a madola panjira yomwe, ku Britain konse, ndi yaulere kudzera mu chithandizo chamankhwala chothandizidwa ndi boma ku UK. Koma kuyesa kwaposachedwa kwambiri kuti Belfast agwirizane ndi Britain - kusintha kwa zipani zingapo komwe kumayendetsedwa ndi opanga malamulo achingerezi ochepa ku London - sikunakambirane nkomwe.

Mayendedwe oterowo akusonyeza chenicheni chachilendo chakuti, ponena za kuchotsa mimba, Aprotestanti a ku Britain ndi andale Achikatolika a ku Ireland a ku Northern Ireland amaonana maso ndi maso. Awiri okha mwa andale 108 omwe anali mumsonkhano wa Northern Ireland Assembly anavomereza zoyesayesa za opanga malamulo a ku England.

Mosiyana ndi izi, atsogoleri a zipani zonse zinayi ku Northern Ireland kugawana mphamvu - mgwirizano wosagwira ntchito wogawidwa pazinthu zambiri - adagawana nsanja kuti akane kusintha komwe akufunsidwa. Iwo adathandizira pempho loletsa kuchotsa mimba lomwe lidapereka siginecha 120,000 mu Okutobala kuofesi ya Prime Minister waku Britain Gordon Brown ku London.

“Ku Northern Ireland mwachionekere kuli anthu ambiri ochirikiza moyo. Ndi nkhani yomwe imadutsa magawano andale pano. Kaya ndinu Mkatolika kapena Mprotesitanti zilibe kanthu ponena za kupereka chilango cha imfa kwa ana osalakwa, osabadwa,” anatero Bernie Smyth, mtsogoleri wa Precious Life, gulu lokakamiza anthu osiyanasiyana limene linapangidwa zaka 11 zapitazo kuti lisunge kuchotsa mimba. kuchokera ku Northern Ireland. Smyth posachedwapa adatsogolera gulu loletsa kuchotsa mimba kunja kwa Nyumba ya Malamulo ku London.

Kubwerera ku Belfast, omenyera ufulu wa Precious Life adachita zionetsero zawo zamasiku onse apakati pa sabata kunja kwa ofesi ya bungwe la UK Family Planning Association, likulu la amayi omwe akukumana ndi mimba zosafunikira ku Northern Ireland. Mayi wina anagawira timapepala tosonyeza mwana wosabadwayo atang’ambika.

Audrey Simpson, mkulu wa likulu la Belfast, adati omenyera ufulu wa Precious Life amakwiyitsa alendo omwe ali ndi pakati omwe, nthawi zambiri, amawopa kale kudziwika ngati ofuna kuchotsa mimba.

Anati omenyera ufulu wochotsa mimba "amazunza mkazi aliyense, ngati akuwoneka wamng'ono kapena pa msinkhu wa chonde" - ngakhale kuti amayi ambiri amayendera maofesi ena mu nyumba ya multiagency. “Adzayesa kukupatsani mabuku ndi kukuchondererani kuti, ‘Musaphe mwana wanu,’ ndipo mwina angakutsatireni n’kubwerera m’galimoto mwanu, akumafuula kuti, ‘Mukapita kuhelo! ”

Simpson adati amayi pafupifupi 600 apakati amapita ku ofesi yake pachaka, ndipo oposa theka amasankha kuchotsa mimba ku England.

Ngakhale alendo aku Northern Ireland ndi okhometsa misonkho aku Britain, sangathe kugwiritsa ntchito inshuwaransi yazaumoyo yolipidwa ndi boma motero ayenera kulipira kulikonse kuyambira $1,000 mpaka $3,300. Mochulukira, adati, amayi nawonso akuwulukira ku njira yotsika mtengo ya Netherlands kapena kugula mapiritsi ochotsa mimba pa intaneti.

Ananenanso kuti amayi adapita ku ofesi yake kuchokera ku dziko loyandikana nalo la Republic of Ireland, komwe kuchotsa mimba nakonso kuli koletsedwa, chifukwa amawopa kuwonedwa ndi anzawo akupita kumalo amodzi opangira uphungu ku Dublin. Koma iye anafotokoza kuti Northern Ireland inali yovuta kwambiri pa nkhani za anthu kuposa kum’mwera kumene kuli Akatolika.

“M’madera abwino mungakhale ndi madokotala ndi maloya ofunitsitsa kuchirikiza ufulu wochotsa mimba. Kum'mwera kuli mkangano wabwino. Osati pano. Palibe dokotala kapena loya m'modzi yemwe angatsatire mutu wawo pamwamba pa kampanda," adatero. “Pano, maganizo ndi akuti: ‘Tiyeni tingonyalanyaza zimene tikupanga atsikana athu kuchita. Tiyeni tilole Westminster (Nyumba ya Malamulo ya ku Britain ku London) achite zimenezi.' Ndizopusa.”