Satanists want to use Hobby Lobby decision to exempt women from anti-abortion laws

[KamaAina]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/satanists-want-to-use-hobby-lobby-decision-to-exempt-women-from-anti-abortion-laws/

In a statement, the Satanic Temple said that it will use the Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby decision to exempt its believers from state-mandated informed consent laws that require women considering abortions to read pro-life material.

Informed consent or “right to know” laws state that women seeking elective abortions be provided with information about alternatives to the procedure, often couched in language that attempts to personify the fetus. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 35 states currently have informed consent laws, and of those, 33 require that the woman be told the gestational age of the fetus....

Because the Satanic Temple bases its belief “regarding personal health…on the best scientific understanding of the world, regardless of the religious or political beliefs of others,” it claims that state-mandated information with no basis in scientific fact violates its “religious” beliefs.

Spokesperson Lucien Greaves said that the Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby decision bolsters their case. “While we feel we have a strong case for an exemption regardless of the Hobby Lobby ruling,” he said, “the Supreme Court has decided that religious beliefs are so sacrosanct that they can even trump scientific fact. This was made clear when they allowed Hobby Lobby to claim certain contraceptives were abortifacients, which in fact they are not.”

Go Satanists! I'm halfway converted! Or... not.

[roguevalley]

1. nothing like using your contrarian point of view to good use. :D:D:D

[Panich52]

2. I've long push idea that anti-choice laws are religious-based, therefore...

...unconstitutional. Basis moral beliefs may underpin some legislators' objections, but I bet if the were honest, only those who think morals themselves are religious-based are the ones writing the bills banning both abortion and contraception. That would make the laws to be forcing others' religious beliefs on all -- a clear violation of the First Amendment.

That virtually every anti-choice legislation neglects to consider the woman's health, physical & mental, or her own belief system is further evidence.

Satanic Temple is becoming a very vocal voice in upholding the Establishment Clause.

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[DebbieCDC]

3. Bravo Satanists

[4_TN_TITANS]

4. These guys are good!

Love the Baphomet statues on state capital grounds too!