Lee Minto

Lee Minto (an haife shi a shekara ta 1927) ɗan gwagwarmayar lafiyar mata ɗan Amurka ne kuma mai ba da shawara kan ilimin jima'i. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Babban Darakta na reshen Seattle-King County na Planned Parenthood na tsawon shekaru 27, kuma ta kasance mai ba da gudummawa a kuri'ar raba gardama ta 20 ta Jihar Washington, kuri'ar raba gardama a 1970 wacce ta yi nasarar halatta zubar da ciki da wuri a jihar Washington.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Minto Oktoba 11, 1927, a Hamilton, Montana . [1] [2] Kakaninta sun ƙaura zuwa Montana daga Virginia a 1890; Kakan Minto shi ne lauya na "Copper King" Marcus Daly kuma ya taimaka wajen kafa majalisa ta farko ta Montana. [1]

Minto ta sadu da mijinta, matukin jirgi B-29 Robert Minto, a lokacin shekara ta biyu a Jami'ar Montana, kuma sun yi aure bayan watanni uku.  Ma'auratan sun ƙaura zuwa Washington jim kaɗan bayan aurensu, kuma Minto ta gama karatunta a Jami'ar Washington .  Sun haifi 'ya'ya uku - mata biyu da ɗa. 

## Sana'a
Matsayin farko da Minto ya biya shi ne aiki a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya Pavilion a Seattle's World Fair a 1962. 

### Shirye-shiryen Iyaye
A ƙarshen 1950s, wani abokinsa ya nemi Minto ya shiga hukumar kula da iyaye na yankin Seattle-King County.  Dangane da rashin ilimin ilimin jima'i a zahiri a makarantu, da kuma rashin hana haihuwa da kuma al'amuran kiwon lafiyar mata a kafafen yada labarai, Minto ta fara koyar da ilimin jima'i a makarantu tare da ba da jawabai a cikin gida a matsayinta na mai ba da agajin Iyaye Tsara.  Ta haɓaka ƙungiyar ilimin jima'i don King County. 

Ma'aikatan sa kai ne ke gudanar da tsarin Iyayen Tsare-tsare na Seattle-King County har zuwa wannan lokacin, amma a cikin 1967 kungiyar ta so fadada ayyukanta zuwa wasu sassan Washington, kuma an dauki Minto a matsayin babban darektan zartarwa na cikakken lokaci. 

#### Kuri'ar jin ra'ayin jama'a ta Jihar Washington 20
A cikin 1967, Masanin ilimin halin dan Adam na Washington Sam Goldenberg ya shirya wani taro na masana kiwon lafiya, shari'a da na addini don tattauna matsalar rashin lafiyar da aka haifar ta hanyar rashin samun lafiyayyen zubar da ciki, kuma an gayyaci Minto don halarta.   Baya ga aikinta a Planned Parenthood, Minto ta riga ta san buƙatar zubar da ciki lafiya ta hanyar aikin gudanarwa a Cocin Unitarian University, inda ta ci karo da mata matasa masu juna biyu - da abokan aikinsu maza - neman taimako.  Kungiyar Sam Goldenberg ta ci gaba da tattaunawa da muhawara, inda ta zama kungiyar Nazarin Zubar da ciki ta Jama'a (daga baya aka sake suna Washington Citizens for Abortion Reform ).  Duk da goyon bayan 'yancin mace na zaɓe, Minto daga baya ya tuna cewa ƙungiyar ta fi mayar da hankali kan al'amuran kiwon lafiya da suka shafi:Mu da muka yi aiki a kan haka, ina tsammanin zai dace a ce ba mu damu da ’yancin mata fiye da lafiyar mata ba. Likitocin da ke da hannu duk sun sami kwarewa kai tsaye tare da illolin zubar da ciki na baya. Kungiyar ta kammala da cewa akwai bukatar jihar ta halasta zubar da ciki, inda daga nan ne suka tsara kudirin da zai mikawa majalisa.  Duk da amincewa da lissafin da ƙungiyoyi da dama, ciki har da Ƙungiyar Likitoci ta Jihar Washington da Kwamitin Jama'a na Washington a kan Laifuka, da goyon bayan Gwamnan Republican Dan Evans, ba a zartar da dokar ta hannun 'yan majalisa ba. 

Minto da sauran sun yanke shawarar gudanar da zaben raba gardama na jiha a maimakon haka, suna neman goyon baya daga daidaikun mutane da kungiyoyi a duk fadin Washington, kuma Minto ya ba da jawabai sama da 100 na jama'a da gabatarwa da suka kai ga zaben raba gardama.   Sun sami goyon baya daga ƙungiyoyi sama da 62 kamar Ƙungiyar Lauyoyin Jihar Washington, Majalisar Majami'u ta Jiha, PTA ta Jihar Washington,  Majalisar Muhalli ta Washington da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Tufafi ta Duniya . 

Bayan kuri'ar raba gardama, Minto ya yi aiki don kara inganta hanyoyin zubar da ciki, yana aiki tare da kungiyoyi irin su reshen Jami'ar Washington YWCA don tattara jerin sunayen likitocin da ke da su don taimakawa mata masu neman zubar da ciki. 

#### 1980s
A cikin 1980s, Minto ya fara tattaunawa da Seattle Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen, yana ƙoƙarin samun daidaito tsakanin ƙungiyarta da Cocin Katolika; ko da yake tattaunawar ba ta yi nasara ba, Seattle ta tsaya a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin biranen Amurka kawai da Cocin Katolika ta shiga tattaunawa mai mahimmanci tare da Planned Parenthood. 

#### 1990s
A cikin 1991, Minto ya bayyana a gaban Kwamitin Majalisar Dattijai kan Ma'aikata da Albarkatun Jama'a don yin Allah wadai da sabbin dokokin Title X da aka gabatar a 1988 wanda ya hana asibitocin tsarin iyali ba da wani bayani game da zubar da ciki ga marasa lafiya.  Da yake magana a matsayin wani ɓangare na wani kwamiti tare da Sanata Rhoda E. Perry da Beth Quill, darektan sabis na motar asibiti na asibitin mata da jarirai na Rhode Island, Minto ya yi jayayya cewa asibitocin tsarin iyali ba za su iya samar da ingantaccen sabis na kiwon lafiya ba tare da 'yanci don sanar da marasa lafiya da kyau duk zaɓuɓɓuka:Tsarin iyali ya kasance game da shirye-shiryen yara da ake so, kuma ina so in yi wannan bayanin saboda na damu da hakan. Yana da game da lafiyayyen iyaye mata da ke renon yara lafiya... Tsarin iyali shine game da samun bayanan da kuke buƙata kafin ku yanke shawara. Yana da game da sarrafa rayuwar ku da kuma zama alhakin jikin ku ... Na yi rayuwa da yawa don tunanin za mu iya magance duk matsalolin kiwon lafiyar mata - manufa ce mai motsawa - amma za mu iya kuma dole ne mu kalli fiye da makanta na kwarewarmu, imaninmu na addini, tarbiyyar mu, wani lokaci namu kyawawan dabi'u, mu gani kuma mu fahimci bambancin gaskiyar rayuwar sauran mutane. 

## Ritaya
A cikin 1993, bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin babban darakta na shekaru 27, Minto ya yi ritaya daga Planned Parenthood.  Ta shiga kwamitin gudanarwa na gidauniyar Brush, wadda ta yi shugabancin shekaru uku kafin daga bisani ta sauka tana da shekara 80. 

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