Once we abandon arguments based on potential, the claim that it is wrong to kill embryos and fetuses must be based on the nature of those entities themselves – that they are actual human beings who already possess the characteristics that make killing wrong.
一旦我们放弃了建立在潜力基础上的论断后，那么，杀死胚胎和胎儿的论断必须建立在那些个体本身的性质基础之上，也就是说，它们也实际上是人，所具备的特征使得杀死它们是错误的。