As Thompson acclaimed, “Abortion opponents have been so concerned with demonstrating the independence of the fetus to establish that it has a right to life, just like its mother, that they have tended to overlook the possible support they might get from the fact that the fetus depends on the mother to establish that she has a special kind of responsibility towards it." (p. 216). While this is a compelling, intuitive, and attractive argument, it gets confused with causal and moral responsibility that distinguishes between allowing oneself to be put in a position for something to happen and taking personal responsibility and accountability for one's