Some idle reflectionsciety.??

[krish44]

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Some idle reflections

is legalising abortions a solution to many ills of Indian society?
Many unwanted children are abandoned who grow up to take to crime
There is strong correlation between the two.
Many children from extreme poor,migrant population,teenage indulging in free sex in metros adding to unwanted children or risking illegal abortions are root causes of criminality.
Add to it illegality associated with prostitution is putting all to risks.
Removing the illegal tag perhaps is only a recognition of what is ground reality and acceptance by society .

 

[Vaagmi]

is legalising abortions a solution to many ills of Indian so

What are the ills that you are speaking about? Please list at least ten of them.

 

[prasad1]

I do not know you wanted to say abortion. That is a drastic solution, the mother's health and well being will come into play. Secondly is as a costly procure. Who will pay for it.

On the other hand family planning, and educating against unwanted pregnancy is worth considering. It is cheaper too.

The people in sex trade are not worried about legitimacy. It is middle class that is worried about legitimacy of the children. They resort to terminating pregnancy then just call it D&C, or some other name.


Yes there are unwanted children in India, and that is menace to the society, but so is poverty. If we eradicate poverty (IF?????? and WHEN????) your problem would be solved.

 

[CHANDRU1849]

is legalising abortions a solution to many ills of Indian society?
Many unwanted children are abandoned who grow up to take to crime
There is strong correlation between the two.
Many children from extreme poor,migrant population,teenage indulging in free sex in metros adding to unwanted children or risking illegal abortions are root causes of criminality.
Add to it illegality associated with prostitution is putting all to risks.
Removing the illegal tag perhaps is only a recognition of what is ground reality and acceptance by society .

Are unwanted/illegal children coming only from poor people and subsequently becoming anti social? Is it not an insult?

It will become more harassment of poor people are forced to go in for abortions. The possible solutions are eradication of poverty and compulsory education for people coming from poor background.

 

[krish44]

Most from poorer sections have children as they do not have access to means. of terminating pregnancies.They end up going to quacks..so do teenage girls engaging pre
marriage sex.
If safer methods with legal sanctions are provided at low cost with no stigma many would opt for it.

MAny unwanted ,some abandoned kids come into this world who later take to petty crime,drugs .Our slums breed lakhs of such kids.

 

[krish44]

In metros live in are becoming common place. SO do break ups with girls ending up with a unwanted unborn child.Some of them abort risking their lives and others have the kid and abandon them.
This is a metro phenomenon .
These would welcome safer mode of termination of pregnancy or agency to give their kids in adoption.

 

[krish44]

Mother Theresa home in Delhi has dozens of such kids from almost new born to five or six years.They are given in adoption .some kids have minor handicaps.All pretty and nice.
Some kids from slums nearby get into drugs.They get into thieving.My flat was broken into 2 years back.They got in thru window and removed all sanitary fittings flooding my place.Spent a fortune replacing them.

 

[krish44]

There is a study done by a freaky economists Stephen levitt and Stephen Dubner who have

correlated reduction in crime to legalising abortion in US.Read his book freakonomics

It raised a storm that it was anti coloured as they linked them to criminal behaviour.

In India situation is similar.It is the slum types that breed crime .It is the unwanted children there

who are committing crimes.These are kids with no future

 

[Janaki Jambunathan]

This is the story directly from the 'horses mouth' who didn't opt for abortion

Because I am known they say arey tumne kya kiya. But in India, there are so many poor women who are forced to be single mothers. The only difference with me was that I did it by choice. It was very tough and I wanted to do it, but I always tell people that it was a wrong decision, as it is very difficult to bring up a child alone. You make a child suffer due to your wish and whim.


http://m.timesofindia.com/entertain...ty-you-have-to-marry/articleshow/47203062.cms

 

[auh]

is legalising abortions a solution to many ills of Indian society?

Leaving aside the question of "who should abort", can abortion be made legal at all? How does it (killing an unborn) not become a crime but killing an adult is?

 

[krish44]

Most women look at abortion pragmatically as they know the pains of carrying a child and bringing

up sometimes the child singly due to absent husband

They do not think academically .

In US a single judgement opened the doors for safe abortions in nineties.

Similarly fights of LGBT or equal rights for women for temple access require affirmative action from courts.

A just and humane society to act with sympathy on an issue of abortion to make possible the right to abort unwanted child is a must.

 

[prasad1]

Most women look at abortion pragmatically as they know the pains of carrying a child and bringing

up sometimes the child singly due to absent husband

They do not think academically .

In US a single judgement opened the doors for safe abortions in nineties.

Similarly fights of LGBT or equal rights for women for temple access require affirmative action from courts.

A just and humane society to act with sympathy on an issue of abortion to make possible the right to abort unwanted child is a must.

That judgement is about to be overturned in the Trump regime.

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113(1973), is a landmark decisionby the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. It was decided simultaneously with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton. The Court ruled 7–2 that a right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that this right must be balanced against the state's interests in regulating abortions: protecting women's health and protecting the potentiality of human life. Arguing that these state interests became stronger over the course of a pregnancy, the Court resolved this balancing test by tying state regulation of abortion to the third trimester of pregnancy.

I am for allowing women to have control of the body. I do not believe the rights of fetus over the right of women. Yes if the fetus can survive on its own outside of mother's body, it should have rights. But women's right supersedes that of UN-born fetus. A fetus should be treated as an appendage at least till 3rd trimester.
But You must not use that right flippantly. Abortion is a medical procedure, and has its share of risks. After couple of abortions, the women can not conceive. It is also an expensive proposition. Yes it is better to abort than have an unwanted child. But abortion is not a family planning TOOL.

 

[auh]

Legalising abortions is not going to happen in India, at least for quite some time from now. Possibly, rape victims and other exceptional situations could be looked upon favourably for legal abortions.

Idle reflections may not always be pragmatical or ideal.