On further investigation, though, the two cases are different in two important ways. First, the woman who was kidnapped for her kidneys is not the parent of the stranger who is in need. The woman pregnant from rape, however, is the parent of the fetus who is in need. Similar to the responsibility objection, the parental obligation objection states that parents have greater duties toward their children than I have toward an unrelated violinist. When a man fathers a child, he is expected to care for the child even if he no longer wants to be a father. The man is expected to use his body to work
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