{"id":306582,"date":"2024-02-10T11:46:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T17:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=306582"},"modified":"2024-02-09T15:10:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T21:10:29","slug":"judge-dismisses-satanic-temples-lawsuit-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/judge-dismisses-satanic-temples-lawsuit-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge dismisses The Satanic Temple’s lawsuit against Idaho pro-life law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Idaho Attorney General’s office announced<\/a> on February 2 that a district court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by The Satanic Temple against the state’s Defense of Life Act, which protects nearly all preborn children in the state from abortion.<\/p>\n

In its 2022 lawsuit<\/a>, The Satanic Temple claimed that Idaho’s pro-life law infringed on its members’ rights to participate in an abortion ritual. The Satanic Temple claims abortion is a religious rite, which consists of making affirmations in front of a mirror before and after the abortion procedure in a ritualistic manner<\/a>. The organization has been a strong proponent of abortion, especially in the wake of the overturn of Roe v. Wade<\/em>; last year it announced the opening of its own abortion facility in New Mexico called<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe Samuel Alito\u2019s Mom\u2019s Satanic Abortion Clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his ruling last week, Chief U.S. District Court Judge David C. Nye dismissed the lawsuit, saying that the Temple’s claims, “while interesting, are convoluted and do not lead to the desired result.”<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was just one of several efforts The Satanic Temple has undergone over the years to attack pro-life laws in various states. It has previously lost similar legal battles in Missouri<\/a>, Texas<\/a>, and Indiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n