Satanic Abortion Rituals, ‘Satan Clubs’ at School, Satan Statues in Capitols | CLIP | Facts Matter

[Music] [Music] one of the largest women's magazines here in America and across the whole world is Cosmopolitan Cosmo is published in 35 different languages and it's distributed in nearly 100 countries around the whole globe and if you've spent any time standing at a checkout aisle in a supermarket within the last 30 years well you've probably seen one of their magazines which is primarily aimed at women aged 18 to 34 however something very odd happened about 6 weeks ago the people who happened to follow Cosmo Magazine on social media they were treated to this post right here explaining the details of how a quote unquote satanic abortion ceremony actually works let me read to you a quick tidbit on what the social media post said and as you're listening to me read this keep in mind that this social media post is not from some Fringe part of the internet this was a post from the most mainstream women's magazine in this country here's what it said quote so how does a satanic abortion ceremony even work patients of all faiths are welcome at Samuel alto's mom's satanic abortion clinic in New Mexico along with medical counsil TST which stands for the satanic temple offers free ceremonial support to everyone abortion ceremonies are totally optional and customizable here's a simple one that the satanic temple recommends the post then goes on to have several Pages explaining how to conduct one of these satanic abortion rituals with each one of these Pages having at the top of it an upside down cross here's what it says quote First find a quiet space bring a mirror if you can just before taking the medication gaze at your reflection and on your personhood home in on your intent your responsibility to you take a few deep relaxing breaths the instructions then go on to say how the individual should read some tenets out loud about how their body is subject to their will alone then they take the abortion pills before reciting another set of tenants plunging their belief in science then after the woman expels the dead fetus the instructions tell her to return to staring at her own reflection in the mirror and to recite the final affirmation which I don't want to repeat but you can read it up on your screen if you so wish this social media post then urges people to go to an actual fulllength article over on cosmos's website which details the experience of an anonymous 37-year-old woman who conducted one of these Satanic rituals herself now again if if this post and this article were found just on some Fringe part of the internet this would not even be worth discussing I would not read aloud to you any of this but this is not from some Fringe part of the internet as I mentioned earlier this was found in the largest women's magazine here in America and so let's expose what's really going on here starting with a bit of background what's come to be known as a satanic abortion ritual is actually the product of an organization called the satanic temple this is a non-theistic religion that was officially registered with the US government about 10 years ago and is now recognized as a tax exempt religious organization with the IRS and just as a fun fact they have their headquarters based out of Salem Massachusetts of all places and this quote unquote religion despite its name being Satanism claims to not truly believe that Satan exists instead according to miss shaliz ble who is the satanic temple spokesperson for Reproductive Rights she claims that the temple treats Satan as something akin to a mascot who represents Rebellion sovereignty as well as resistance now if this view of theirs reminds you of that very famous quote from Charles bodair that Satan's greatest trick was persuading the world that he doesn't exist well perhaps the members of this Temple got tricked the hardest of all regardless in advancing one of their main tenants which is complete personal Liberation the satanic temple created something called The Satanic abortion ritual this was the ritual that was just read about in the pages of Cosmo magazine and the reason for its creation appears to be so that the satanic temple can give women a Rel religious loophole to conduct abortions because if a woman happens to live in a state here in America where abortions are either partially or completely outlawed well she can now claim affiliation with the temple and make the argument that this abortion of hers is actually part of her religion now the satanic temple organization set up their first online abortion clinic over in the state of New Mexico they chose New Mexico for several different reasons firstly they already had a fairly large contingent of members in the state about 3,300 members and second of all New Mexico was the easiest state to set up this Clinic because it's considered an abortion rights stronghold New Mexico has no laws dictating time limits and abortions there's no age restrictions there's no waiting periods and perhaps most important of all it's legal to prescribe abortion pills to someone remotely and then have those pills mailed to their homes as long as they live within the borders of the state they named this online quote unquote Clinic Sam ELO's mom's satanic abortion clinic as a reference to Supreme Court Justice samalo who is both a devout Catholic as well as the author of the Supreme Court opinion which ultimately overturned Row versus weight and so this online Clinic allows anyone living within the borders of New Mexico who's over the age of 17 to conduct a virtual chat and then to order their abortion pills directly to their doorstep via the Internet now for legal purposes the only real requirement is that the quote unquote client must admit to having an interest in performing a satanic abortion in order to be considered a practicing member of the religion and therefore to receive this legal loophole and the benefits that it entails but here here's the thing as I mentioned earlier New Mexico already has some of the most lenient abortion laws in the whole country and so this satanic abortion clinic is not really legally necessary for the people living in that state Instead This New Mexico location is more like a proof of concept a concept that the satanic temple is working to expand to the rest of the country in fact along that line the satanic temple has now filed lawsuits against the states of Indiana Idaho Missouri as well as Texas arguing that those States abortion laws violate the right of Satanic Temple members essentially the satanic temple is using several of the recent Supreme Court rulings in favor of religious freedom such as the Christian Baker's right to not bake a cake for a gay couple they're using these precedents to make the argument that these laws quote restricting members access to abortion infringes on their religious right to participate in our satanic abortion ritual however in a practical sense these lawsuits have been getting dismissed in their respective courtrooms one after another due to a lack of standing they've been dismissed in Indiana in Texas as well as in Missouri and the case over in Idaho is currently in the process of being considered for this missile but the reason that these cases are getting dismissed is not because of the actual merits of the arguments but instead the courts have been throwing out these cases one after the other after finding that the satanic temple lacks standing the courts don't deal in hypotheticals you see without any actual plaintiffs they threw out these cases on technical grounds meaning essentially in Practical terms that the only thing stopping these cases from actually moving forward is that the satanic temple needs to find a card carrying member who was on birth control and still got pregnant if they have that they can overcome the issue of standing and really bring the case forward and wouldn't you know it they are in the lookout evidence by this notice right here calling for pregnant supporters over in Indiana to come forward and here's the thing about these lawsuits just like what we saw with the legal effort to get president Trump kicked off the ballot even if in 20 different states these lawsuits get dismissed well it only takes one case to get a appeal to the US Supreme Court which then issues a blanket ruling for all of America and even though it almost seems inconceivable well do not dismiss these satanic legal challenges as impossible because according to the letter of the law the protections that are afforded to Americans by the religious freedom restoration Act of 1993 well it prohibits government agencies government departments and or government officials at both the federal and the state levels from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion and like it or not the US government has already recognized the satanic temple as an official religion the satanic temple then subsequently claimed that abortions are part of their religion and now they're trying to use the existing laws that are on the books to circumvent state level bans an abortion