"Third , the violinist illustration is not parallel to pregnancy because it equates a stranger/stranger relationship with a mother/child relationship . This is a key point and brings into focus the most dangerous presumption of the violinist illustration , also echoed in McDonagh 's thesis . Both presume it is unreasonable to expect a mother to have any obligations towards her own child ."
"The argument is that it is unreasonable to expect a mother to have the obligation to share her body with anyone , whether a stranger/stranger , mother/child , sister/brother , father/son , friend/friend , person/acquaintance or any combination of these ."
"Third , the violinist illustration is not parallel to pregnancy because it equates a stranger/stranger relationship with a mother/child relationship ."
"The argument is that it is unreasonable to expect a mother to have the obligation to share her body with anyone , whether a stranger/stranger , mother/child , sister/brother , father/son , friend/friend , person/acquaintance or any combination of these ."