SALEM, Mass., Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Satanic Temple (TST) has filed a motion asking the Supreme Court to disqualify Justice Amy Coney Barrett from ruling on TST’s lawsuit challenging Missouri’s abortion laws which discriminate against the religious belief of TST members that abortion is not murder. The motion is based on Justice Barrett’s public hostility to abortion, her publicly expressed religious belief that a human being comes into existence at conception and her stated opinion Roe v. Wade was a "barbaric" decision that has caused the loss of millions of lives. (PRNewsfoto/The Satanic Temple) Judy Doe, a TST member, sued Missouri when it required her, as a condition to getting an abortion, to acknowledge receipt of Missouri’s proclamations that "the life of each human being begins at conception" and "abortion will terminate the life of a separate, unique, living human being." Missouri required Doe to wait three days to think about the "murder" she was about to commit. The Complaint alleged Missouri violated Judy Doe’s First Amendment right to get her abortion based the TST belief that a non-viable fetus is part of a woman’s body and can be removed in good conscience on demand and without […]
