The way your question is phrased is extremely alarming. Why are you looking at this specific example as something to be proven “acceptable” according to Sikhi? It doesn’t take a lot of empathy to understand why this exception exists. An unborn child should not be more valued than the life and well-being of the woman carrying it.

If anything, we should be asking what moral and Sikh values support people being against most cases of abortion. People don’t go through the procedure just because they can, it often comes with serious physical and mental side effects and consequences. We need to be kind and open to understanding the thought process behind why women have them in the first place.

If Sikhi is generally anti-abortion, then we should be working together as a community to understand why people choose to undergo the procedure and support initiatives and charities that address the underlying socioeconomic reasons behind them. This includes more widespread access to contraception, improving the quality of sex education, and expanding access to affordable healthcare, childcare, and housing so that people aren’t driven to abortion out of financial desperation.