This article combines a narrative analysis of parents’ stories of living kidney donation with
a philosophical discussion of conditions for parental decision-making. Previous research has shown that parents often conclude
that it is “natural” to donate. Our study shows that this naturalness needs to be understood as part of a story where parental
living kidney donation is regarded as natural and as a matter of non-choice. Our study also highlights the presence of a parenthood moral imperative of always putting one’s
child’s needs before one’s own. On the basis of these results, we discuss conditions for decision-making in the context of
parental LKD. We argue that the presence of a parenthood moral imperative can matter with regard to the decision-making process
when paren…