I've seen people, it is five-month pregnancy. 
Now she wants to abort the child.
some kind of norm has to be there that 
within this much time it must happen.
This is not about “this-versus-that.” A more humane
way of handling life is definitely needed, isn’t it?
Interviewer: The heart-beat law states that any
woman who kills or aborts anything with
a heartbeat, she immediately is declared a criminal
and this is a law in a developed country like US.
And obviously, there are certain cases where we
see pregnancy brought upon by rape,
pregnancy in teens and also pregnancy
with fetal anomalies.
So... And they are still forced to have these children.
So do you think it is justified
that a law can take away a woman's
right to her own womb?
Sadhguru: See, I’m not for these
kind of laws, all right?
But at the same time, I want you to look
at it with a little broader aspect.
In this country, there have been many people
who have killed their own daughters.
I’m particularly saying “daughters” because that
happens more to girls; it also happens to boys.
Because the father believes “After
all, you’re my child.
If you don't behave the way I want, I will
kill you.” It's happened or no? Participants: Yes
Sadhguru: Not one or two - it's happened in quite
substantial number that you cannot ignore
the number. That kind of number has happened.
So where does this right come? Because
“It is because of me you're born, so you must do
what I want you to do. So I'll take your life.”
So similarly, “It's my womb, I will do 
whatever I want,” this will not go.
At the same time, a woman has a freedom to
do what she wants
but what she wants does not mean you can take
it to any level of irresponsibility.
So I would say within five, six or ten weeks or
twelve weeks or
fourteen weeks, you must terminate
if you don't wish.
But allowing the child to grow, I’ve seen
cases - I'm saying this
particularly because I've seen people - they have boyfriends and they got pregnant.
Now, it is five-month pregnancy - this
really came to me a few months ago -
and the boyfriend left her, some fight
between them, he went away.
Now she wants to abort the child. This is
not okay. You cannot go on like this.
If it has happened because of rape
it can be prevented, isn't it?
If it has happened due to some other means,
you can prevent it.
I think some kind of number
of weeks we can fix.
In my judgment, I think before forty-eight
days if it happens, it's best;
but sometimes a woman may not be able
to know that she's pregnant.
Let us allow ten weeks, twelve weeks, maybe
fourteen weeks; you can't go to twenty-five
weeks, thirty weeks and
try to terminate a child.
This is not nice  because it's
alive - it's a living life!
You must understand of all the creatures on this planet,
a fetus as a life is the most helpless life. Yes?
Participants: Yes
Sadhguru: Even a little child a
two-year old child, if you
try to do harm to him he will bite, he will
fight, he has some defense.
A fetus is totally in your mercy. You must 
treat it with utmost compassion.
Because of your convenience you
can’t do whatever you want.
At the same time does
somebody else decide this? No.
A woman should decide this –
there's no question about that.
But at the same time, some kind of norm has to be
there that within this much time it must happen.
After the child has grown, there is substantial
studies saying the child has even emotion
towards the mother. You don't kill a
life which has emotion, isn't it?
That amounts to something else. So I think
both the sides take extreme positions.
This is the problem. Let's take a more 
humane and practical position. Why?
Why are you for or against something?
It is a question of life, isn't it?
How do we handle this life? With what
due respect do I handle this life?
It has been happening. Yesterday or day 
before there is some information saying
the male-female proportion in
the country has improved.
Congratulations! But at the same
time, why was it down?
Female children who are born because 
they didn't go for sonogram,
this, that. They're born and they’re girls; simple thing
what's being done in the villages is,
they just take some paddy granules
and put it in the mouth.
It goes, gets stuck somewhere and the child dies in
a terrible way, just because it's a female.
So now, if I can terminate a
child at five, six months,
why not after ten months when
the child has come out?
I’m saying the logic will extend itself; you must
be careful about taking up causes.
Because what is the consequence of what we do today
– tomorrow, to what extremes will people take it?
This must be taken into account because 
what I am saying is not a rarity.
Sadhguru: Only a few are caught. 
Thousands have been killed.
Because a five-day-old child, if it dies, people will,
you know, think something happened
to the child. Infant mortality is there. How much of this
infant mortality is actually murder?
Nobody knows, okay? So we
must be careful what we
argue for. This is not about
“this-versus-that.”
A more humane way of handling life
is definitely needed, isn’t it?
