UMbusi wase-Oklahoma uKevin Stitt usayine umthethosivivinywa omusha izolo, ovala inketho 'yokungenabulili' ezitifiketini zokuzalwa ezikhishwe esifundazweni saseMelika.
Ngokusayina umthetho omusha, owenza i-Oklahoma yaba izwe lokuqala lase-US ukwenqabela ukukhetha okungezona kanambambili, umbusi ubelandelela umyalelo awukhipha ngoNovemba 2021, owawuvimbela Umnyango Wezempilo Wesifunda Sase-Oklahoma (OSDH) ekuchibiyeleni ukuqokwa kobulili ezitifiketini zokuzalwa.
Izifundazwe zase-US ezingaphezu kweshumi nambili zivumela ukuqokwa kobulili ngaphandle kowesilisa nowesifazane ezitifiketini zabo zokuzalwa. Abanye abanikezeli ngenketho engeyona kanambambili, kodwa i-Oklahoma kubikwa ukuthi ingeyokuqala ukwenqabela ngokusemthethweni ukuqokwa.
"Abantu bakhululekile ukukholelwa noma yini abayifunayo ngobuthina babo, kodwa isayensi inqume ukuthi abantu bangaba ngabesilisa noma besifazane ngesikhathi bezalwa," kusho omele uSheila Dills, ummeli waseRiphabhlikhi oxhase lo mthethosivivinywa mayelana nokuqokwa kobulili. “Sifuna ukucaciseleka neqiniso emibhalweni yombuso esemthethweni. Ulwazi kufanele lusekelwe eqinisweni eliqinisekisiwe lezokwelapha hhayi ingxoxo yezenhlalo ehlala ishintsha.”
Umthetho omutsha ophathelane lencwadi zokuzalwa uza ngemva kwenyanga uStitt esayine umthetho ovimbela abesilisa bemvelo ukuthi bangene kwezemidlalo yamantombazana. Zingaphezu kweshumi nambili izishayamthetho ezilawulwa yiRiphabhulikhi eziphasise izikweletu ezinjalo kusukela ngo-2020.
Abaphathi bamanje base-US ngenyanga edlule bamemezele ukuthi benza umaka wobulili u-“X” otholakala kuwo Amaphasipoti ase-US. UMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika ngaphambilini ubuqale ukuvumela izakhamizi ukuthi zizikhethele umazisi wobulili kumadokhumenti azo.
U-Oklahomans wakhetha isishayamthetho sokuqala esisobala esingakhethi kanambambili esizweni, uMauree Turner, ngo-2020. I-Oklahoma City Democrat, ephrofayili yayo ye-Twitter ihlanganisa "hhayi umuntu wesifazane," ikhulume yaphikisana nomthethosivivinywa ophathelene nezimpawu zobulili obungakhethi njengoba wawudingidwa eNdlu ngeledlule. "Ngikuthola kuwukusebenzisa amandla ngokwedlulele futhi ngendlela enyantisayo kule nhlangano ukubhala lo mthetho futhi ngizame ukuwuphasisa kuyilapho kungekho noyedwa kubo ophila kanje," kusho u-Turner.