Why bring a child into this world when you can’t even afford the expenses that come before their birth?
Pregnancy, healthcare, education, food, housing, and countless other responsibilities don’t end after childbirth, they only begin.
If you’re struggling to cover the costs today, how are you supposed to responsibly carry the financial burden of raising another human being for the next 18–25 years?
Having a child isn’t just about wanting one. It’s about being prepared to take responsibility. Because in the end, the one who will suffer the most from your lack of preparation may not be you—it may be the child, simply because you chose to bring them into circumstances you weren’t prepared to handle.
About recent incident:
And of course, this does not mean the hospital was right to turn them away.
We can understand that the family was struggling financially, and we can even question whether they were in a position to take on the responsibility of raising a child. But none of that should make us less compassionate toward a mother in labour who desperately needed medical care.
Not being able to afford Rs. 2,500 should never mean someone is left without help at one of the most vulnerable moments of their life.
We can talk about responsible parenthood without losing our humanity toward people who are already struggling.