I'm glad you brought this one up. Most anarcho-capitalists revere the writings of Murray Rothbard and he argued that it was morally acceptable to leave the child to die... but I disagree with him. Rothbard neglected to consider the responsibility that parents incur when conceiving a child. One could use the analogy of a house. Having sex could be thought of as "inviting a child into existence" the way one might invite someone into their home. Once the guest has arrived, you're responsible for its well-being until it leaves. In the case of a newborn child, it's in a state of complete dependency so you might think of it as your house guest that was injured and rendered unable to walk or take care of itself. As long as that helpless guest is in your home and in a state of dependency, you're obliged to take care of it until it can get up and leave on its own.
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Acknowledged.