For he was blaspheming against the holiest thing known to a Missourian, and could not be in his right mind.” AdvertisementCurrent speculation centers around factory farming and its mistreatment of animals, which has been called “the greatest moral atrocity of our time.” This despite the fact that, according to a survey of 5,577 biologists taken by the National Institutes of Health, 96% affirm that a human life begins at fertilization. It’s a self-evident truth that abortion is the taking of an innocent human life, and yet it’s a commonplace. AdvertisementOur progeny will be doubly appalled that we perceived the treatment of animals as our greatest moral failing in the midst of our slaughter of the innocents.