On December 10 Viswakamal joined with pro-life feminists of other organizations to spread the pro-life message.

Several pro-life activists – mostly women, one of them a man – spoke. Swagata Banerjee appealed to all mothers of children not yet born – that is, all pregnant women – not to kill the little embryos inside them. Apart from the right those children have, like everyone else, to live their lives free from violence, she pointed out the great loss we will all suffer if we kill off the next generation. We don’t know what possibilities lie among those throbbing expressions of human life that are inside the woman.

Let them see the light of the earth and become fully manifested and prove their abilities, she said. They may even become a great person like Einstein, we don’t know.

Many also believe that we get a chance for human life only through many rebirths. So let’s not spoil someone’s chance, if that is the reality.

So we appeal to all the people of this locality not to get involved in any way in the deaths of the unborn, for which they may greatly repent when later they think about what they have done. Please spread this message also to your near and dear ones – Do not do such things.

There is a Bengali proverb: think twice before you do something. I would say rather you think a hundred times, a thousand times. If you think enough, you will surely never take a wrong decision like that. It is one of our highest moral duties not only to spare the lives, but also to actively protect the lives, of unborn children. If because of your pregnancy you find difficulties and face problems, then you must contact us at 9875506705, or by email at viswakamal.ws@gmail.com We will spare no effort to do whatever we can. All our people are always at your service.

Other speakers besides Swagata were Sunanda Saha, Shrabani Basak, and Hitangshu.

On May 3 at the Vivekananda Sporting Club in Khudirampalli, Thakurpukur, twenty club members attended a Viswakamal seminar and watched a screening of the It’s a Girl! film. The members were moved by the film and by the presentations of Swagata and Hitangshu, as well as that of Sandip Balmiki. When the pro-life message is clearly presented, hardly anyone can argue with it, and Khudirampalli too is now on board.

Today Viswakamal volunteers did pro-life outreach and at the same time distributed hand sanitizer in Shyambazar. The public appreciated both.

On Friday August 5, twelve members and supporters of Viswakamal gathered on S.P. Mukherjee Road, Hazra More, to reach out to passers-by and conduct a public-opinion survey on abortion. The location was a strategic one provided by Viswakamal supporter S.P. Singh.

We do not know of any previous opinion survey on abortion in Kolkata. Indeed, there has been no other such opinion survey anywhere in India that is within our present knowledge.

The question asked was:

“Can we support abortion in a humanitarian light?”

10 weeks of living and growing, but still a 3rd-class citizen

Of those passers-by who responded, giving their names and phone numbers, 73 replied NO and only 2 replied YES.

We will continue the survey at the same location and different locations in the weeks ahead, and will ascertain the opinions of at least 500 Kolkatans. We will find ways to improve our survey methodology.

During the survey period, from 1 pm to about 4:30 pm, Viswakamal members distributed 600 leaflets and engaged passers-by in conversation about their views.

Swagata Banerjee at the table, as Ujjwal Ghosh and Saikat Ghosh distribute leaflets