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Satanist Group Uses Hobby Lobby Ruling To Campaign Against 'Informed Consent' Abortion Laws

Sarah Adams July 30, 2014 11:52 AM EST

Women celebrate as the Supreme Court rules in favor of Hobby Lobby craft stores (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

A Satanist group is using the recent Supreme Court Hobby Lobby ruling to argue against informed consent laws regarding abortion in certain states.

The New York-based Satanic Temple has begun a new initiative to encourage women across the country to opt out of some state laws that require women to be informed about the dangers of abortion before receiving the life-ending procedure.

Regulations vary state by state, but some states require women to watch a video about the effects of abortion or wait 24 hours before receiving the procedure.

The new initiative started by the Satanic Temple would provide women with print-out forms that they would give to their doctor, indicating that they do not want to receive the pamphlets associated with informed consent laws. If the doctor still demands the patient view the abortion-related pamphlets, the Satanic Temple says it will defend the patient in court.

According to The Atlantic, the Satanic Temple has "drawn up a letter for women who are considering an abortion. The letter explains our position and puts the care provider on notice that a failure to respect our call for an exemption from state-mandated informed consent materials constitutes a violation of our religious liberty."

"We should only have to review medical or scientific information based solely on fact and not politicized," Jex Blackmore, head of the Satanic Temple's Detroit chapter, told ABC News. "Some of that state-drafted information is medical in nature [but] it's just that it's written in a very biased format."

This new initiative by the Satanic Temple is meant to reflect the June Supreme Court ruling that favored Hobby Lobby, a national craft store chain owned by the evangelical Christian Green family, who argued they should not have to pay for health insurance for certain contraceptives for their employees due to strongly held religious beliefs.

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