According to Marquis, "If 'human being,' on the other hand, is taken to be a ______ category, then the claim that a fetus is a human being cannot be taken to be a premise in the anti-abortion argument, for it is precisely what needs to be established."

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Marquis argues that if "human being" is understood as a moral category rather than a purely biological one, then it cannot be assumed that a fetus is a human being and therefore the anti-abortion argument cannot use that assumption as a premise. Instead, the personhood of the fetus must be established through moral argumentation.

According to Marquis, "If 'Human Being,' on the Other Hand