Satanic Temple Lawsuits in Texas Claim Laws Violate Their ‘Religious Freedom’ to ‘Abortion Rituals’
The Satanic Temple is seeking a court declaration to allow abortions for their members, claiming that the laws violate their “religious freedom” to perform “abortion rituals.”
The Satanists argue that the laws violate their “right to a religious accommodation of its members to engage in the abortion ritual under the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act.”
They also claim that “TST has a constitutional right under the Texas Constitution to the free exercise of their religious practices, including the abortion ritual” and “First Amendment ‘conduct,’ including TST’s religious abortion ritual, is not permitted to be the target of civil actions filed under SB8.”
“SB8’s ban on abortions after six weeks infringes upon our members’ rights to engage with their chosen religion and to participate in religious rites and rituals,” The Satanic Temple’s Director of Campaign Operations Erin Helian said in a press release provided to The Gateway Pundit.
