In Marquis’ argument, he states that abortion is prima facie morally wrong because it is a loss to a future like ours. When evaluating the argument, the first premise is that if something has a future like ours, it is seriously prima facie to take its life. The definitions in this argument are ‘a future like ours’ and ‘prima facie’ which, in philosophy, refers to a moral principle that holds in most cases but can be overridden by stronger moral considerations in certain circumstances. The future being desirable is true; many enjoyable experiences and interactions in life are desirable, and taking away this ability from another is wrong. From this, Marquis suggests that interfering with anything that has a future like ours disrupts its natural
