The Satanic Temple has rejected a Supreme Court ruling that requires the burial or cremation of fetal remains. Citing a violation of its religious freedom, the organization insists that is should be exempt from the law.
On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court upheld Indiana law (HEA 1337), which ensures that unborn babies are granted a respectful burial, instead of being disposed of on landfill sites as is common practice for many abortion clinics.
“The fetal disposition provision expands on long-established legal and cultural traditions of recognizing the dignity and humanity of the fetus,” the state argued in its case before the highest court of the land.
The Satanic Temple, however, believes it should be granted immunity from the restrictions.
“Members of The Satanic Temple believe that non-viable fetal tissue is part of the woman who carries it, and as such, state impositions of ceremonial requirements dictating its disposal, barring any plausible medical or sanitary concerns, is a violation of TST’s Free Exercise allowing Satanists to contextualize the termination of a pregnancy on their own terms, with deference to their own religious beliefs,” the organization wrote in a statement, as reported by the Arkansas Times.
Referring to its members as Satanists, TST said it “affirms that this rule violates their…
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