UMTHETHOSIVIVINYIWE WEZEMPILO KAZWELONKE OSAHLULEKA KA-2018
Uhlaka Lomthethosivivinywa seludlule isikhathi eside. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990, uMongameli Mandela wayala iKhomishana yoMthetho [Reform] yaseNingizimu Afrika (i-SALC) ukuthi iphenye, futhi yenze izincomo zokushintshwa komthetho mayelana nokuthathwa kwezinqumo zokuphela kwempilo ngazo zonke izinhlobo zayo. Phakathi kokunye, umbiko wesibili noma wokugcina we-SALC (1999) waphakamisa ukuthi iziqondiso zangaphambi kwesikhathi (incwadi yefa kanye namandla aqinile ommeli wokunakekelwa kwezempilo) zibe semthethweni.
Cishe iminyaka engama-20, iPhalamende lihlulekile ukulandela lezi zincomo naphezu kweziqondiso zangaphambili njengethuluzi elisemthethweni kwezinye izindawo eziningi, futhi naphezu kwezinqumo zezokwelapha mayelana nokubanjwa kanye nokuhoxiswa kokwelashwa okusekela ukuphila okufanele kwenziwe ngaphansi kwezimo zokungaqiniseki mayelana necala lobugebengu nelomphakathi. (Ukwelashwa okusekela impilo kuzobandakanya izinhlobo zokwelapha, ezinjengama-antibiotics, i-IV-tube feeding, i-dialysis noma ukuhlinzwa.)
Kalula nje, ezimeni ezibekwe ngokucophelela, ilungelo labantu baseNingizimu Afrika lokuthatha izinqumo mayelana nempilo yabo eqhubekayo kufanele liqashelwe ngokusobala nangokungaguquki emthethweni ngokuqinisekisa isimo somthetho namandla weziqondiso kusengaphambili.
Iziqondiso zangaphambili zingamathuluzi aqondisa izinqumo aqala ukusebenza lapho ukuthathwa kwezinqumo kwangaleso sikhathi kungasenakwenzeka ngenxa yokungakwazi ukusebenza okulethwe ingozi, ukuhlukumezeka noma isifo.
Okokuqala, incwadi yefa iyithuluzi elivumela isiguli ukuthi senqabe ukwelashwa okungafuneki okusekela ukuphila - ngokuyigodla noma ngokuyihoxisa - lapho singasakwazi ukwenza kanjalo ngesikhathi esisodwa ngenxa yokungakwazi ukwenza izinqumo okungenakuhlehliswa.
Okwesibili, amandla aqinile ommeli wokunakekelwa kwezempilo iyithuluzi elivumela isiguli ukuthi sidlulisele ukunakekelwa kwaso kwezempilo (okuhlanganisa nezokwelashwa) komunye umuntu - ummeleli noma obambele - lapho bengasakwazi ukwenza kanjalo ngesikhathi esisodwa, okuhlanganisa nesinqumo- ukwenza ngokuqhubeka nempilo kanjalo nokugodla kanye nokuhoxiswa kokwelashwa okusekela ukuphila.
Kunokucatshangelwa okuningana okuthonyayo - okokuziphatha, ezomthetho kanye nochwepheshe - kungani incwadi yefa ephilayo namandla aqinile ommeli wokunakekelwa kwezempilo kufanele kuqashelwe ngokusobala emthethweni wethu.
Lokhu kucatshangelwa kukhombisa ukuthi kungani impendulo kaNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo, ephendula umbuzo awubuza ePhalamende, ingalungile - ngokwezimiso zokuziphatha kanye nomthetho - lapho ethi "ukugodla noma ukuhoxisa ukwelashwa okugcina impilo kuyisinqumo esithathwa udokotela futhi kufanele kusekelwe kuphela ekuhlolweni kwakhe komtholampilo hhayi esicelweni sanoma ubani”.
Ngokuphambene nalokho, incwadi yefa namandla aqinile ommeli wokunakekelwa kwezempilo:
1. Amathuluzi aveza izimiso zezimiso zezempilo eziyisisekelo, ezamukelwa kabanzi, ezinjengokuhlonipha ukuzimela (ukuzinqumela), ukuzuzisa (ukwenza okuhle), okungewona ubudoda (ukuyeka ukwenza umonakalo) kanye nobulungisa (okulungile noma okulinganayo- ukuphathwa ngesandla), kanye nezimfanelo ezinhle ezinjengobubele nobumbano;
2. Ingabe ukuvezwa kwamalungelo omthethosisekelo kuMqulu Wamalungelo, njengamalungelo esithunzi (ahlanganiswe nelungelo lokuphila - iJaji langaphambili leNkantolo YoMthethosisekelo uKate O'Regan), lenkululeko yobuqotho bomzimba, kanye nokuba yimfihlo;
3. Zahlongozwa yi-SALC, ngo-1999, kulandela uphenyo olunzulu lwezinqubo zamazwe ngamazwe nangemva kokubonisana okubanzi nomphakathi waseNingizimu Afrika;
4. Sezishumekiwe vele - ngaphandle kokubizwa ngamagama, futhi ngokungacacile maqondana nokwelashwa okusekela impilo - kuMthetho Wezempilo Kazwelonke wezi-2003.
a. Isigaba sesi-7(1)(e) siqinisekisa imvume enolwazi njengemfuneko yokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo futhi siqaphela ilungelo lokwenqaba lezo zinsizakalo;
b. Isigaba 7(1)(a) kanye no (b) sivumela ukuqokwa kwababambele noma abamele abathatha izinqumo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo, ngokucacile noma ngendlela yokulandelana kwemvelo ngamalungu omndeni;
5. Zaqinisekiswa - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngokuqondile noma ngegama, kodwa mayelana nezimiso eziyisisekelo ezisengozini - yiNkantolo Ephakeme Yokudluliswa Kwamacala (i-SCA) esinqumweni sayo sangomhla ziyisi-6 kuZibandlela wezi-2016 ecaleni le-Stransham-Ford, lapho ibhentshi eligcwele amajaji amahlanu e-SCA asho lokhu okulandelayo: “[31] Umuntu angase enqabe ukwelashwa obekungandisa ukuphila. Lesi isici sokuzimela komuntu siqu esivikelwe ngokomthethosisekelo futhi esingeke sithathwe njengokuzibulala. Ukwelashwa ngaphandle kwemvume yesiguli kuthathwa njengokushaya ukuze isiguli sihlale sinelungelo lokwenqaba ukwelashwa. Ekwenqabeni ukwelashwa isiguli sivumela izinqubo zemvelo zesifo ukuba zithathe indawo yazo” (omalukeke bami).
6. Ingaqondisa umsebenzi wezokwelapha endaweni yokungazi, ukungaqiniseki, ngisho nokwesaba okungadingekile ngemiphumela emibi yezomthetho, uma odokotela benza ngokuvumelana neziqondiso encwadini yefa ephilayo noma amandla aqinile ommeli wokunakekelwa kwezempilo.
Sinelungelo lokuziphatha kanye nomthethosisekelo lokuphila. Kodwa asinaso isibopho sokuphila kungakhathaliseki izinga lokuphila kwethu, noma kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izimo zinjani.
Willem Landman
USolwazi Extraordinaire, uMnyango Wefilosofi, eNyuvesi yaseStellenbosch
ILungu LeKomidi Eliphezulu, i-Dignity SA
Umsunguli we-CEO kanye noMqondisi Ongeyena Ophethe, I-Ethics Institute (TEI)
I-Stellenbosch
6 August 2018
Announcement
I-Dignity SA izobe isingathe ingqungquthela yama-22 ye-World Federation of Right to Die Societies ngo-September, lapho kuzobe khona izithunywa ezivela emazweni angu-23 kanye nabanye abaholi abaqavile abaqavile emhlabeni jikelele abanelungelo lokufa - okuhlanganisa izazi zokuziphatha, ososayensi, ochwepheshe bezomthetho. , kanye nochwepheshe bezokwelapha - bazothakazelisa isiteji. Ingqungquthela ivulekele umphakathi (kanye nabezindaba) ehhotela iCape Sun ngomhlaka-7 no-8 Septhemba. Ingqungquthela izophetha ngalokho okuzoba inkulumo-mpikiswano eshubile. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe noma ukubhuka (ezingaphansi kwezihlalo ezingu-30 ezisele): www.assisteddying2018.com.