Using the legal precedent set by the Hobby Lobby case, the Satanic Temple claimed a religious exemption to “informed consent” abortion laws.
The Satanic Temple has launched a campaign to claim a religious exemption against "informed consent" abortion laws based on the Supreme Court's recent decision to allow Hobby Lobby to claim a religious exemption to Obamacare's contraception mandate.
Some states have "informed consent" abortion laws, which require medical professionals to provide information about alternatives to abortion, such as adoption. These laws have been accused of allowing bias in an effort to convince women not to abort.
The Satanic Temple released a statement Monday saying they "are not the first organization to criticize the state mandated abortion materials as false and/or biased, they are the first to offer an exemption from such materials on religious grounds."
The Satanic Temple is based in New York and their mission "is to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people. In addition, we embrace practical common sense and justice," according to their website.
They do not believe in the supernatural, and are interested in separating superstition from the religion. The group is frequently asked if it is a prank or hoax, to which they write "these campaigns have ultimate goals related issues that are important to us and our membership."
Anyone can gain membership to TST if they join and identify with the seven tenets.
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