Freedom of Conscience I: Satanic Temple Wants Abortion

Satanists will use freedom of conscience to promote acces to abortion. Reporting from Breitbart News: 

In the letter addressed to the FDA, Lucien Greaves, the Temple’s spokesman and cofounder, argued that the abortion drugs Misoprostol and Mifepristone should be allowed under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) so as to be used in what the Temple referred to as their “Abortion Rituals.”

I am sure Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — who famously spends a good deal of his time composing press releases about Religious Liberty issues in other states — will be proud to see that Texas’s robust Religious Liberty laws, which he so vociferously champions, will prevent future Abortion Rituals from being interrupted by superfluous government restrictions meant only to shame and harass those seeking an abortion.

The battle for abortion rights is largely a battle of competing religious viewpoints, and our viewpoint that the nonviable fetus is part of the impregnated host is fortunately protected under Religous Liberty laws.

The Satanic Temple previously cited the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to overturn a set of pro-life laws in Missouri, but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear it.

 

My Take: 

Not all satanist will use human sacrifices or treat abortion as a ritual, since modern satanism is pretty much like protestantism: there are millions of versions and denominations. The satanic temple is mostly a mock religion led by atheistic secular humanists. Their "satanism" may not include satanic sacrifices. 

But for those satanist who will, what will you tell them? Freedom of conscience presuposes that every time there is a difference in opinions, great atrocities can be commited. Differences in opinion does not restrict itself to religion, it spreads to all areas of society; including science, morals, the life of individuals and medicine.

Freedom of conscience presuposes that if you believe something is a human right, government can't prevent you from acting on this belief. 

Freedom of conscience presuposes that if you believe some humans have no rights, government can't prevent you from acting on this belief. 

Freedom of conscience presuposes that if your religion or ideology say that you need an abortion, the government shall not infringe that. And that's why your pro-lifers who believe in freedom of conscience are hapless.