What is your verdict ?

What Is Your verdict ?

I am following news of a writ petition in Bombay high court, where a pregnant lady & her husband has asked court to grant permission to get abortion for their 24 weeks pregnancy, as the doctors have diagnosed the unbourned child is having complex congenital heart conditions, that may jeopardize his/her life & may need complex surgery, which may / may not be successful & costly affair.
In the normal Medical termination of pregnancy act Up to 12 weeks a certified gynec can perform MTP. After 12 to 20 weeks a board of doctors decides if it is necessary, then can be performed with two doctors team.
In our country more than 50% of termination of preg done by quacks & illegal and there is no time limit for them.
Here who should decide ? The court the parents or doctors?
What is your opinion?
Few other facts are ---
After conceiving By 4-5 th week of pregnancy baby heart start beating & so that is not a mass of dividing cells but a live issue.
Let me clarify that at 24 weeks the baby is fully formed weighed around 500 to 600 Gms generally.
The medical age of viability when a baby bourn survives is 28 weeks but few record exist of babies born in 24 weeks & survived with help of modern medical technology.
Looking to al these facts what are your opinions & verdict.
Shud the child be brought in world or not?

Dear jaishree,
a very difficult question ..... and i am saying this only looking at the emotional aspect .... ...if i were the parent i think i would bring the child into the world and do my best for her/him...leave the rest to god...i do not have the right to take a life ...doesnt she/he deserve a chance...but nevertheless a terrible predicament for the parents.... my heart goes out to them as every parent would only want the best for their child...they must be thinking of the suffering their child has to endure once it is born.... and hence their decision...
Mindi

Dear mindi
Thanks for your so fast FB.
Your decision to bring the child in world is very very brave & I think Very human. Better to leave the things in God's hand.
Regards

Dear Jaishree,

I read what u wrote, and also what is there in the papers.

First and formost I do not understand what was the need to go to the press or the courts.They should have got it terminated quietly.Dosnt one lose a child in a miscarriage ?


It should be up to the parents to decide, who are the courts ? Will the court take care of the child and its medical expenses if born defected, as claimed by the parents ?


Regards.kamal

Jaishree,
It is a very hard decision...who likes to terminate a pregnancy, that too, if it is a healthy one...and when knew it before-hand, why risk the child's life...
The decision must be in the hands of the parents, who is responsible for the child...
My two cents...

sriniketan

Kamalji
As per the MTP act The legal abortions can be done only upto 20 wks & beyond that is not permisable.So to do legally in a hopsital you have to ask court to change the law in situation of conginital abnormality in child.And the abnormality detected after 20 weeks of gestation.
Parents must have decided so they are asking court to give permission .

hi jaishree9,

Have been watching this news item that has been blown out of proportion by the media. I definitely will not blame, but then commend the mental strength of the couple if they wanted to do it legally. there are lot of behind the doors Abortions that take place risking how many years.

abortion is a very hard choice for a woman whether by choice or no choice. To have a 25 week old baby (I refrain to use the word foetus as i think ) Though my heart goes out to the women who has taken a hard decision, as a human being I question the decision.

In todays rapid developing technology, heart surgeries, are so successful. who knows with a little more R & D the already done heart transplants would be more successful. It is completely possible to live a normal life even with a pacemaker. Only thing is the parents need to have more patience and courage to accept the child with all its problems and face it.

There are lot of parents who would not mind having a baby of their own, even if had deformities. that is the greatness of motherhood and parenthood.

but again the decision is that of the parents.

My dear jaishree,
Thank God my dear,that I did not miss this thread of yours which carries the question that is there in all our minds now.
Ever since I saw that news item I am going through lot of pain,you may ask me,"Why is it so?"
Let me clarify.
I saw sme cases in the hospital where I stayed with my daughter during her confinement,where a mother gave birth to a child with ailments as what you have mentioned.When the child is born both the parents and the child suffer.The child goes through such pain and the parents go through agony and live in constant fear of the child's life as long as they live.Yes,medical science has improved by leaps and bounds but no doctor will give guarantee that the child will be ok,once the surgery if required is done.
I have personally seen the pain and the anquish the parents go through.Once the child grows up and the parents get attached to the child,life is so difficult fr them.I sincerely feel that the parents are right in wanting to terminate the pregnancy,however cruel I may sound,because I hate myself for writing this but the realities of life which I have seen at close quarters make me say this.
God bless the couple,God should help them in making the right decision and if the child is born,I pray to God that he shows tremendous mercy on the child and the child be born as a normal child,let us all pray for this couple who are gong through the toughest period in their lives.They need our prayers and our good wishes.
love
mithila kannan

Dear Shanvey
Thankyou for steping in & giving your opinion .
Yes with advance medical technology surgery may be possible but that requires great strength mental as well as finicial for parents .
The final descion rest with parents. It requires courage whichever way they decide.

Dear Sriniketan
Yes it is very hard to decide, to give birth to a child having congintial anamoly or to abort . The descion is very difficult. Ultimately it rest with parents even if court says Yes.