So, if I wanted to cause you to feel moral concern for a fetus, I would do well to describe it as a pre-born child.

所以如果我想你对胎儿产生道德关怀，我最好就称它为未出生的婴儿。

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We have a couple of passages, one in the book of Numbers, one in the book of Job, which describe this condition in a way that identifies it with death. An aborted fetus is often not often, it happens once in the book of Job.

有两篇文章，一篇在《民数记》,一篇在《约伯记》里，描述了这种,意味着死亡的状况，比如说，一个被流产掉的胎儿就,但这些例子不多，只在《约伯记》里出现了一次。

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At least in the case of the fetus,it's not self-conscious.

至少在作为胎儿，并没有自我意识。

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Other people would argue, "No. A woman has full freedom over her own body and as long as a fetus is within the body they--she has a right to control it."

其他人可能会说，“不，女人有控制她们身体的自由,只要胎儿是在她体内,她就有权去控制它”

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If we have a debate about abortion in this class, people--some people might say, "Look. The fetus is a sentient being and as such it has a right to survive and shouldn't be killed by its mother."

如果我们在课常上以堕胎展开辩论，有些人可能会说，“胎儿是有知觉的生命体,所以它有生存的权利,它的母亲不应该扼杀它”

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