Is Cannibalism Legal in Michigan?

There are a lot of old laws in every state on the books that should be updated. One law you would think would be a no-brainer but is cannibalism legal in Michigan?

What is Cannibalism?

For those in the cheap seats, cannibalism is the consumption of another human's body matter, whether consensual or not. Really? Can someone agree to be eaten? Huh?

Thanks to all the zombie movies and TV shows they have made cannibalism more of a "normal" even though it is not real. However, the cannibalism in films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs shows the terror side of the concept of eating humans.

I do remember a story from when I was a kid about a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team that crashed in the Andes mountains. Survivors from the crash were forced to eat the bodies of their teammates after being stranded for ten weeks in freezing temperatures. No one was arrested but the survivors did have to carry that memory for the rest of their lives. This also happened in another country. So is cannibalism legal in Michigan?

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Is Cannibalism Legal in Michigan?

Surprisingly there is no law in the United States or Michigan where cannibalism is illegal except for Idaho. The Gem State, also famous for potatoes, is the only state with an anti-cannibalism law. Idaho only passed this law in 1990 so technically cannibalism was legal there for a long time. There is a twist to their law that allows a defense if the act was committed in life-threatening circumstances as a means of survival.

You can watch the video above that was created to show you what states cannibalism is legal. Maybe the wagon trains in America are why there has never been a law passed in Michigan and most of the United States because cannibalism happened when settlers made their way across the country.

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Don't worry, there are plenty of Michigan laws that indirectly make it impossible to legally obtain and consume humans. Murder is a criminal charge even if the person gave you consent to kill and eat them. There are also laws to prevent abuse or desecration of a corpse.