Welcome to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where protecting innocent life apparently depends on whether it has two legs or four – and whether it has been born yet.

The Ann Arbor City Council has unanimously approved a ban on glue traps used to catch mice, rats and other animals because the little critters might suffer before dying. The ban will go into effect on December 28.

But abortion? That’s a constitutionally protected right in Michigan. Apparently, the compassion meter works differently when the life in question is human.

The ordinance prohibits selling or using glue traps to capture animals, although insects and spiders don’t get the same protection. Violators could face fines starting at $250 and then it goes up after that. The city says glue traps cause prolonged suffering, and animal rights activists are celebrating the decision.

According to the Ann Arbor ban, “Glue Traps are widely considered to be the single most inhumane wildlife control product available because trapped animals suffer slow and painful deaths.”

What about babies who are torn apart limb from limb in their mother’s womb? Not a concern.

And here’s a question: How exactly will Ann Arbor’s rodent police know what’s happening inside someone’s basement? Will there be undercover mouse investigations? A rat hotline? Surveillance teams checking whether Mickey made it out alive?

It appears that Ann Arbor’s Community Standards Unit is responsible for enforcing the ordinance. According to the city’s official Community Standards page, residents can file confidential complaints by calling 734-794-6942 or using the city’s A2 Fix It app. So yes, you can RAT OUT your neighbor.

Here’s the bottom line: Michigan protects the right to kill unborn babies, but Ann Arbor officials are drawing the line at sticky paper that catches rodents.

Nobody is arguing that animals should suffer unnecessarily. But when politicians devote this much attention to protecting rats and mice while offering no comparable protections for unborn human life, it raises a question about their priorities. And for those who believe human life deserves the same compassion, those priorities seem seriously out of whack.