Satanic Temple Will Argue Abortion Is Religious Ritual in Legal Challenges

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The Satanic Temple joined Democrats in their battle against the Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade.

The Satanic Temple released a statement arguing they will fight in court for the right to “religious abortion.”

Subject to One's Own Will Alone. https://t.co/TeyVxENu45 pic.twitter.com/kuNd1mCYKd — The Satanic Temple (@satanic_temple_) May 5, 2022

The Satanic Temple (TST) said its adherents should be permitted religious exceptions to perform religious abortion rituals in states that have put up barriers to the controversial procedure. Responding to a leaked Supreme Court opinion draft that would overturn Roe v. Wade, TST said it was committed to protecting “religious abortion access” for its members. “In states that outlaw abortion but grant exceptions for instances of incest and rape,” TST said in a statement, “members should be permitted a religious exception to perform TST’s religious abortion ritual.” “States that outlaw abortion and do not grant exceptions present more significant challenges, but TST has a number of plans that we will be undertaking quite soon,” TST said. “First, we will be suing the FDA to permit TST access to Mifepristone and Misoprostol for use under medical supervision as part of our religious abortion ritual.”

tom_yum on May 10th, 2022 at 16:23 UTC »

Bible fanatics already hate it, might as well make it an "official satanic ritual"

toadexplosion on May 10th, 2022 at 13:48 UTC »

That's not going to work. Legal restrictions on abortion are based on the belief that the unborn baby has human rights. If that's the case they're asking for religious protection for human sacrifice.

mrbriandavidanderson on May 10th, 2022 at 12:48 UTC »

SCOTUS: Of course! You're a religion too. All these millions of women though, fuck 'em.