The number of people signing an online petition to the ruling leadership demanding the repeal of the Bill to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 exceeds 10,000. More than 10,000 people have already signed up for an online petition prepared by the ‘Prophet Voice’ portal ‘change.org’. Abortion is currently only allowed for up to twenty weeks. However, the new amendment proposes brutal manslaughter for up to twenty-four weeks.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Krishnan Nair have called for action. The online petition on the change.org portal is an email to Harsha Vardhan and the National Human Rights Commission Secretary-General Jaideep Govind. A number of media outlets in the media have said that the brutal sanctioning of the killings is against moral values and should be strongly protested. It is also interesting to note that many people are sharing posts with new media such as Facebook and WhatsApp, calling attention to signing the petition.
The ProLife team is also on the lookout for support for the online campaign. Sabo Jose, Prolific Apostolate Secretary and President of KCBC Pro-life Council requested that more people sign an online petition requesting them not to be denied birthrights. Clicking on the ‘Sign This Petition’ button, with the name and email id, is a function of the Campaign to e-mail the aforementioned complaint to the aforementioned authorities.
Since the law permitting the tearing of the fetus is still in force for several days after it is fully developed, we can work together to extend the petition for urgent action to more and more people.
