No uterus, No opinion

She paced back and forth, unsure of what she could do. She picks up her phone and dials  in a number but hesitates before pressing the call button, what exactly should she say and why does she feel like she has committed a crime and is calling to apologize for her mistake? It takes two to tango, so it is s much as his fault as is hers. Anyways, it should have been who should have been more careful, with a sudden burst of energy she presses call and holds the phone up to her ear. "Is it important? I am kind of about to go out." says his gravely voice without any greeting so she leaves aside her customary manners and just blurts out "I... I am pregnant." "huh what? you sure?" he asks clearly not taking it seriously, "Yes, I took two tests".There is a pin drop silence that follows the revelation. After several minutes of the uncomfortable quietness he finally speaks up "Are you sure its mine?" And suddenly not being able to hold back anymore, she bursts into sobs, she couldn't believe her ears, they had been together for eight years, through out college and then they held hands as they walked into 'the real world' and now somehow one tiny mistake, and not even hers, he doubts her? what does he think she is doing? 'Trapping him'? as his mother would often imply. They had both decided to wait for a couple of years before getting married as they wanted to advance in the careers first but with that one question that he asked, she saw her whole future change before her eyes, because even if she does eventually after the whole birthing process does prove the child is his, it is her who has to bear with the pains of childbirth and falling behind at work. If he wants he can just shed all responsibility and just walk away unscathed with maybe a monthly money to be paid for child support but it will be her who will have to stay up at night taking care of the baby, it will be her who will be shunned by the society for  being a single mother who got 'knocked up' before marriage. Not even realizing the phone had gone dead after several "hello"s, she is brought to reality by the vibration of an incoming text, "I need a break, please don't contact me for a while." said the familiar number.

 According to http://m.icma.md/country/IN/

Abortion in India is legal only up to twenty weeks of pregnancy under specific conditions and situations which are broadly defined as:

• the continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury of physical or mental health, or
• there is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped

So just not wanting a child or not being ready for one is an unacceptable excuse. What about the fact that the parents might not be financially stable enough to provide for the child yet? What about the fact that the parent might end up resenting their child for the whole of their lives? What about how the child may never have a proper home? But no, it would be a shame if the parents were to get the fetus aborted while it is yet to form any integral organs and it would be much better for a child to grow up in unhealthy situations.

I understand that the law is there to abolish female infanticide but hey, isn't finding out the gender of the baby also illegal in India? but people who want to seem to have no problem doing it anyway the solution isn't to put bans on people but to change their mentality and it is completely unfair that the ones who genuinely need medical termination do not have an access to it due to the mistake of another.