SATANIC TEMPLE CHALLENGES ABOLITION OF ABORTION; THEY WANTED TO USE FETUSES FOR SATANIC RITUALS

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By Michael Carbone 

After the U.S. Senate's decision regarding abortion (abolished mainly in Republican states), in addition to the usual pathetic tantrums of Soros-funded far-left movements such as Antifa, Femen and LGBT shouting "the body is mine" (only when it comes to abortion, the body is no longer yours the moment you have to administer the experimental serum) also comes the first "complaint" from the Satanic Temple. In fact, in a Facebook post, the Satanic Temple currently led by Peter Gilmore (Anton Lavey's heir) challenges the Senate's decision: 

The Satanic Temple had already spoken out on abortion in the US. 

In fact, in 2021, she sued the state of Texas, complaining that its abortion regulations, such as the requirement to see the ultrasound, interfere with the Temple's "religious" abortion ritual and thus violate their "religious freedom."

A Satanic Temple attorney for plaintiff "Ann Doe" argued that "It is a substantial interference per se for the state to place a regulatory obstacle-one that costs money-in front of a religious exercise. The state could also tax and regulate the Mass."

The lawsuit echoes the Satanic Temple's (TST) official belief that Satanic first-trimester ritual abortions are "exempt" from "unnecessary regulations" such as mandatory waiting periods and required reading material.

TST's fact sheet on "Satanic Abortion Rituals" further explains their public position on why they consider regulations a hindrance to a ritual that they claimed "sanctifies the abortion process by instilling confidence and protecting bodily rights."

"The satanic abortion ritual is a ritual of destruction that serves as a protective ritual. Its purpose is to banish notions of shame, guilt and mental distress that a patient may experience for choosing to have a legal and medically safe abortion," the document states.

"Even the most confident and unscrupulous individual can experience feelings of discomfort and anxiety for choosing to terminate their pregnancy. Laws in many states that impose waiting periods and mandatory counseling can exacerbate these feelings, as can social condemnation and outright harassment by those who oppose abortion," TST continues. 

Participants in the abortion ritual must also recite the principles of TST: "One's own body is inviolable, subject only to one's own will," and "relief should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should be careful never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs." 

TST sued the state of Missouri in 2015 and again in 2019 for similar abortion regulations. 

Satanists argued that these regulations violated the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), claiming that the informed consent material communicated "religious opinions."

"The question of when life begins is absolutely a religious opinion, and the state has no right to proselytize religious beliefs," the TST said. 

In 2015, then-Attorney General Chris Koster noted that the Temple could not "cite a single opinion from any state or federal court that holds that a state's expression of a value judgment on abortion constitutes an establishment of religion."