The Satanic Temple’s Religious Reproductive Rights Ritual

Record summary

After the 2022 Dobbs decision, the Satanic Temple publicized its abortion ritual and related reproductive-rights advocacy as a test of whether religious-exercise claims could protect access to abortion. The operation combines a written liturgy, an individual medical decision, online religious instruction, and legal messaging. It matters comparatively because contemporary magical or religious practice is being documented through policy arguments rather than only through private ritual accounts. Verification should distinguish the ritual text, litigation, press releases, and individual testimonies, which do not have identical evidentiary status.