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]]> By: Amrit http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142&cpage=1#comment-6027 Amrit Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:47:40 +0000 http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142#comment-6027 Thanks for letting me know. I will get back to you if I turn a little less lazy. Thanks again. Thanks for letting me know. I will get back to you if I turn a little less lazy.

Thanks again.

]]> By: Amrit http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142&cpage=1#comment-6026 Amrit Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:46:39 +0000 http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142#comment-6026 Ok. So I know it now. 20 weeks it is. :) Thanks for the statistics! :) Ok. So I know it now. 20 weeks it is. :)

Thanks for the statistics! :)

]]> By: Amrit http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142&cpage=1#comment-6025 Amrit Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:45:49 +0000 http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142#comment-6025 The mistake regretted and rectified. Thanks for pointing it out. Thanks also for carrying forward the discussion. It helped both of us in giving more thought to this delicate issue. The mistake regretted and rectified. Thanks for pointing it out. Thanks also for carrying forward the discussion. It helped both of us in giving more thought to this delicate issue.

]]> By: Amrit http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142&cpage=1#comment-6024 Amrit Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:44:31 +0000 http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142#comment-6024 When I asked if you know about the rate of illegal foetus killings in India, my intention was to prove to you that just because a law exist, doesn't mean it serves its purpose. Yes I agree with you when you say that one should think about the consequences before making the changes. Totally agree. We should. We have to. The order of the day is change, with proper thinking, as you say. I never was proposing a blunt change in the law just because we have this one case coming to limelight. As you say, there could be other effects, negative on that, if any existing law is changed. You are totally true. When I asked if you know about the rate of illegal foetus killings in India, my intention was to prove to you that just because a law exist, doesn’t mean it serves its purpose.

Yes I agree with you when you say that one should think about the consequences before making the changes. Totally agree. We should. We have to. The order of the day is change, with proper thinking, as you say. I never was proposing a blunt change in the law just because we have this one case coming to limelight. As you say, there could be other effects, negative on that, if any existing law is changed. You are totally true.

]]> By: Twilight Fairy http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142&cpage=1#comment-6013 Twilight Fairy Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:12:18 +0000 http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142#comment-6013 BTW... I m down to argument not because I agree with the law. I keep thinking there ought to be another way out. I do not disagree with the Mehtas. The reason why i am arguing is becasue your approach was (how do I say it) cynical (?) It's a very arguable topic. It's a tough decision from both the sides. Just take a broader view. PS: it's not "Mehta's", its "Mehtas" BTW…
I m down to argument not because I agree with the law. I keep thinking there ought to be another way out. I do not disagree with the Mehtas.
The reason why i am arguing is becasue your approach was (how do I say it) cynical (?)
It’s a very arguable topic. It’s a tough decision from both the sides. Just take a broader view.

PS: it’s not “Mehta’s”, its “Mehtas”

]]> By: Twilight Fairy http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142&cpage=1#comment-6012 Twilight Fairy Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:07:20 +0000 http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142#comment-6012 yes.. villagers and men force women... what i meant was if it is put across that way (utilising the loop holes) that a woman wants to abort her child.. "Any idea what is rate of illegal foetus killings in this country is?" so ?? you want to do it legally. Things go one illegally, so its ok to do it legally once in a while ? Law always has loopholes. Everything has. True we need to work to reduce them. So before you make a change you think about the consequences. yes.. villagers and men force women… what i meant was if it is put across that way (utilising the loop holes) that a woman wants to abort her child..
“Any idea what is rate of illegal foetus killings in this country is?” so ?? you want to do it legally. Things go one illegally, so its ok to do it legally once in a while ?

Law always has loopholes. Everything has. True we need to work to reduce them. So before you make a change you think about the consequences.

]]> By: Amrit http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142&cpage=1#comment-6007 Amrit Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:49:16 +0000 http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142#comment-6007 If your first line is true, yes I agree with you, the law should not be changed. But I always thought that a mother could never want her foetus to be killed just because of she/he being a girl/boy. I always thought that they were the fathers, family, village, everyone else, who forced the mother to abort. I don't know what makes you say, "many moms" don't want to give birth to a girl child. You should realize that after having kept a child for more than 20 weeks inside you, a normal human being, <i>cannot</i> relate to the idea of letting it go without an extremely traumatic experience. About the issue of lawyer's finding out loop holes, and killing babies issue: Should you forget that you are living in India? Any idea what is rate of illegal foetus killings in this country is? Why isn't this current law being able to take care of them? And any idea what is the average rate of child miscarriage anyway, because of lack of good health infrastructure? Why isn't government spending enough on health to make sure no mother, who wants her child badly, loses it? You are talking about the risk of few layers misutilizing a law when so many foetus already die in the country? Don't you think a better approach would be to upgrade the law and then try to remove the loopholes? If your first line is true, yes I agree with you, the law should not be changed.

But I always thought that a mother could never want her foetus to be killed just because of she/he being a girl/boy. I always thought that they were the fathers, family, village, everyone else, who forced the mother to abort. I don’t know what makes you say, “many moms” don’t want to give birth to a girl child.

You should realize that after having kept a child for more than 20 weeks inside you, a normal human being, cannot relate to the idea of letting it go without an extremely traumatic experience.

About the issue of lawyer’s finding out loop holes, and killing babies issue: Should you forget that you are living in India? Any idea what is rate of illegal foetus killings in this country is? Why isn’t this current law being able to take care of them? And any idea what is the average rate of child miscarriage anyway, because of lack of good health infrastructure? Why isn’t government spending enough on health to make sure no mother, who wants her child badly, loses it?

You are talking about the risk of few layers misutilizing a law when so many foetus already die in the country? Don’t you think a better approach would be to upgrade the law and then try to remove the loopholes?

]]> By: Twilight Fairy http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142&cpage=1#comment-6003 Twilight Fairy Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:20:23 +0000 http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142#comment-6003 Many moms don't want to give birth to a girl child... So is it fair to kill them ? you are right. It is a personal choice. But if we let it go as a personal choice another day an innocent life may die based on this statement. Just for a few exceptions, law cannot be changed. If they amend the law today then it just gives lawyers another loop hole to use for, say, killing an unwanted baby. Many moms don’t want to give birth to a girl child… So is it fair to kill them ?

you are right. It is a personal choice. But if we let it go as a personal choice another day an innocent life may die based on this statement. Just for a few exceptions, law cannot be changed. If they amend the law today then it just gives lawyers another loop hole to use for, say, killing an unwanted baby.

]]> By: Amrit http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142&cpage=1#comment-6000 Amrit Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:52:24 +0000 http://www.vatsap.com/?p=1142#comment-6000 The court is following the law. It's the law that needs to be revised. Someone listening? The court is following the law. It’s the law that needs to be revised. Someone listening?

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