In that situation, Thomson’s circumstances are much more like being raped or unknowingly taking birth control that doesn’t work, and waking up suddenly discovering you are pregnant because of unforeseen events. falling pregnant due to consensual unsafe sex would be more like lying down with the sick person and all the medical gear available to attach them, prepping yourself for the surgery, being aware that they are completely able to be attached to you and letting them know this, and then going to sleep and leaving them with your body. Responsibility at that point must become a factor. It is even more so regarding falling pregnant, as that is a natural process of bodily functions, and the foetus has absolutely no control over whether it begins to develop inside you or not. It doesn’t make the choice the same way the sick person would, and cannot share the responsibility in the same way. For this reason, the way in which a child is conceived becomes important in whether the pregnant woman’s bodily autonomy deserves to be considered above the foetuses right to not be
In that situation, Thomson’s circumstances are much more like being raped or unknowingly taking birth control that doesn’t work, and waking up suddenly discovering you are pregnant because of unforeseen events. falling pregnant due to consensual unsafe sex would be more like lying down with the sick person and all the medical gear available to attach them, prepping yourself for the surgery, being aware that they are completely able to be attached to you and letting them know this, and then going to sleep and leaving them with your body. Responsibility at that point must become a factor. It is even more so regarding falling pregnant, as that is a natural process of bodily functions, and the foetus has absolutely no control over whether it begins to develop inside you or not. It doesn’t make the choice the same way the sick person would, and cannot share the responsibility in the same way. For this reason, the way in which a child is conceived becomes important in whether the pregnant woman’s bodily autonomy deserves to be considered above the foetuses right to not be