Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Abortion and Animal Cruelty

John Piper:

In the "Minnesota Cruelty to Animals Statutes . . . Police Regulations," Statute 343.21 subdivision 1 says, "No person shall . . . unjustifiably injure, maim, mutilate or kill any animal."

Subdivision 7 says, "No person shall willfully instigate or in any way further any act of cruelty to any animal."

The penalty: "A person who fails to comply with any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor."

Question: If the eight-week-old human fetus (with beating heart, EKG, brain waves, thumb-sucking, pain sensitivity, finger-grasping, and genetic humanity) is not a human person with rights under the 14th Amendment ("no state shall deprive any person of life ... without due process of law"), then is the fetus at least an animal?

Could we at least charge abortion clinics with cruelty to animals under Statute 343.21 subdivision 7?

Why is it illegal to "maim, mutilate and kill" an animal in Minnesota, but not a pain-sensitive unborn human being?

3 comments:

Denita TwoDragons said...

Here's another thought.

The evolutionists insist we're just sophisticated apes...

...Apes are animals...

...so we're animals, right?

It seems we're only animals when it's convenient. Go figure.

Ben Mordecai said...

Fetuses are humans.

If someone wants to go against all the scientific, and biblical evidence of this fact, the only thing it could possibly be otherwise is an animal.

Therefore in the upside-down word where fetuses aren't people and animals are given greater rights than people, we should at least criminally charge abortionists with animal cruelty.

Anonymous said...

You compromise the fight if you are willing to reduce a person to an animal. Always fight for the truth.