Spanish 'Equality Minister': Unborn Babies Aren't Human

Adds that the definition of human life is a 'personal preference'
Tuesday October 12, 2010
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
MADRID

(LifeSiteNews.com) - According to Spanish Equality Minister Bibiana Aído, unborn human children are not human beings.

In response to a formal inquiry made on the subject of abortion by a Spanish parliamentarian, Aído said last week that "the Government cannot share in the affirmation that the interruption of a pregnancy is the elimination of the life of a human being."

"Having an abortion does not suppose that a human life is terminated, because there does not exist a unanimous opinion regarding the concept of a human being ... because 'human life' refers to a complex concept based on ideas or beliefs that are philosophical, moral, social, and ultimately, subject to opinions or personal preferences," added Aído.

Aído's statement was made in response to a question posed by Carlos Salvador of the Union of the People of Navarra (UPN) party, who was in turn responding to Aído's claim that "a country is not worthy if even one person is suffering mistreatment." the rest