Pro-Choice: Violinist II
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Robert Wennberg has revised Judith Thomson's argument concerning the famous violinist as follows: A violinist is unconscious and dying. Only a serum made from the fluids of his mother's body will save him. She agrees to have the serum made and he is saved. Unfortunately, he remains unconscious and because of the serum now needs to be connected to her body for nine months, after which he will be quite normal. She agrees to allow doctors to make the hookup, but after two months changes her mind. Is it morally permissible for her to disconnect herself (or have herself disconnected)? Perhaps she is wrong to break her promise to the doctors, but has she violated her son's rights? Is she within her rights to break the connection? If you answer "yes" to this last question, and if this situation is analogous to having an abortion, it follows that a woman's right to control her body includes the right to abort.

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