According to Marquis, standard anti-abortion arguments
A) succeed in establishing that abortion is immoral.
B) rely on a moral principle concerning the wrongness of killing that is too broad in scope.
C) rely on a moral principle concerning the wrongness of killing that is too narrow in scope.
D) entail that it is morally permissible to kill infants.

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Marquis argues that the standard anti-abortion arguments rely on the moral principle that killing is wrong, but this principle is too broad in scope because it would also imply that it is always wrong to kill animals and even plants. On the other hand, he argues that the moral principle that killing is wrong specifically applies to beings that have a future like ours, which includes fetuses. Therefore, the standard anti-abortion arguments fail to establish that abortion is immoral because they rely on a moral principle that is too broad in scope.

According to Marquis, Standard Anti-Abortion Arguments