In the civilized world, we shake our heads in disbelief and horror at ancient cultures who regularly sacrificed humans, including children, to their gods in religious rituals. For those ancients, that was the way things were done. It was expected. It was sanctioned. It was holy. But we – more enlightened, more educated – believe life itself is holy. We are appalled by the idea of human sacrifice. In some places, there are even laws bestowing personhood on the unborn.
