{"id":252386,"date":"2021-09-03T12:37:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T17:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=252386"},"modified":"2021-09-02T23:45:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T04:45:36","slug":"satanic-temple-fda-abortion-pill-sacramental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/satanic-temple-fda-abortion-pill-sacramental\/","title":{"rendered":"Satanic Temple demands FDA grant unfettered abortion pill access for ‘sacramental’ use"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawyers for The Satanic Temple (TST)\u00a0have sent a letter<\/a> to the\u00a0Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanding that it grant TST access to dispense abortion drugs for use in “sacramental\u00a0settings” for Satanic “abortion ritual[s].”<\/p>\n

The Temple is requesting<\/a> that the FDA “directly supply Satanists who wish to undergo an abortion in a religious context with these abortifacients.” The group is fundraising online for its legal battle.<\/p>\n

TST’s general counsel Matthew A. Kezhaya sent the “demand letter for mifepristone and misoprostol” to the FDA, identifying the Satanic organization as “an IRS-recognized atheistic religious corporation,” writing,\u00a0“I write in regard to the prescription requirement in the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (‘REMS’) for mifepristone and misoprostol… TST seeks a religious exemption for its membership to these requirements.”<\/p>\n

In 2020, the Satanic Temple began filing lawsuits<\/a>, claiming that restricting abortion is a restriction on its practice of a “religious abortion ritual.”<\/p>\n

READ: SICK: Satanic Temple raffles off abortion \u2018up to $2,500\u2019 as part of fundraising campaign<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The abortion pill regimen<\/a>\u00a0is made up of two drugs. Mifepristone, or Mifeprex (originally called RU-486<\/a>), blocks progesterone and breaks down the lining of the uterus, robbing a preborn child of nutrients. Misoprostol, the second drug, causes contractions which then forces the child out of the uterus. It is important to note that\u00a0even if a woman has taken the first pill of the abortion pill regimen, the abortion pill reversal protocol<\/a>, which involves the administration of progesterone, may make it possible to still save the child.<\/p>\n