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Satanic Temple files lawsuit against Indiana’s near-total abortion ban
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2022-09-27 at 11:03 PM UTChttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/satanic-templs-abortion-ban-indiana-b2176018.html
The Satanic Temple, a Salem, Massachusetts-based religious association, has filed a lawsuit against Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, claiming that it violates several provisions of America’s constitution and the temple’s tenets.
According to the lawsuit, the temple members claim that the near-total abortion ban infringes on the constitutional rights of its female members in Indiana who are involuntarily pregnant due to the failure of birth control measures.
They say that at about 24 weeks of pregnancy, a fetus is part of the pregnant woman’s body and not imbued with any humanity or existence separate from her.
The lawsuit says that as such a pregnant woman is entitled to terminate her pregnancy through abortion in accordance with the temple’s Tenet III — “One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone" — and the Satanic Abortion Ritual, which includes the recitation of the tenet and other affirmations.
The Satanic Temple boasts about 1.5 million members worldwide, including 11,300 members in Indiana.
The temple members don’t believe in the worship of Biblical Satan and instead venerate “the allegorical Satan described in the epic poem Paradise Lost — the defender of personal sovereignty against the dictates of religious authority”.
The lawsuit also says that Indiana’s abortion ban compels nearly all women to carry their pregnancies to term and that infringes on the property right that each woman has to her uterus. It continues that the state cannot deny her the ability to exclude or remove a fetus from her uterus without just compensation as required by the Fifth Amendment.
The Satanic Temple is seeking a court order permanently barring Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb and Attorney General Todd Rokita from enforcing the statute.
Meanwhile, Republican Owen County judge Kelsey Hanlon last week put the new abortion law on hold.
She said: “Regardless of whether the right is framed as a privacy right, a right to bodily autonomy, a right of self-determination, a bundle of liberty rights, or by some other appellation, there is a reasonable likelihood that decisions about family planning, including decisions about whether to carry a pregnancy to term — are included in (the Constitution’s) Article I, Section 1’s protections.”
https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/about-usI
One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.
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The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
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One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
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The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.
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Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.
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People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.
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Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.
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2022-09-28 at 12:17 AM UTC
The Satanic Temple boasts about 1.5 million members worldwide, including 11,300 members in Indiana.
The Satanic Temple are like a half-dozen anti-white jedi atheists.
jedi atheists show how identity > religion. -
2022-09-28 at 12:34 AM UTC
The Mission Of The Satanic Temple Is To Encourage Benevolence And Empathy, Reject Tyrannical Authority, Advocate Practical Common Sense, Oppose Injustice, And Undertake Noble Pursuits.
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2022-09-28 at 12:41 AM UTCIf they're actually Satanists then when have they attacked jedis, Muslims or Israel?
Oh, they're just Satanic when it comes to white Christcucks.
They don't even oppose Hispanic Christians. You'd think Satanists would be like "no more filthy catholics moving to our noble satanic country". -
2022-09-28 at 12:48 AM UTCwow they must be such good people if you're a liberal baby killer who supports satanism
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2022-09-28 at 12:56 AM UTCDon't get it, but imagine being like "the satanists are the real good guys".
That's a moral compass that's so broken and adrift that it's not even funny.
In a way it's sad, that people don't even know who to trust any more.
Imagine trusting someone who goes around calling themselves a satanist. -
2022-09-28 at 1:34 AM UTC
Originally posted by Bradley wow they must be such good people if you're a liberal baby killer who supports satanism
https://www.nature.com/articles/pr200950
The Emergence of Human Consciousness: From Fetal to Neonatal Life -
2022-09-28 at 8:12 AM UTC
The Satanic Temple boasts about 1.5 million members worldwide, including 11,300 members in Indiana.
This single line is so stupid I can't even believe someone wrote it. -
2022-09-28 at 3:26 PM UTC
Satanic Temple files lawsuit against Indiana’s near-total abortion ban
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2022-09-28 at 3:30 PM UTC
The Satanic Temple boasts about 6 million members worldwide
Why not?
