A new abortion clinic of the Massachusetts-based “The Satanic Temple” ‘reproductive rights’ organisation is set to open in New Mexico.
Recognised as a tax-exempt religious organisation, it seeks to expand access to medical abortions and conducts its own abortion ritual with each procedure.
Donations to the organistion are tax-deductible, and may be made in amounts up to $666 in an obvious political gimmick. In the Book of Revelations, ‘666’ is the number of the Devil.
Anyone in New Mexico seeking free abortions from the organisation must go through the religious rite though what that entails is not clear.
The response from local church leaders has been unequivocal.
“The last thing we need in our state is a satanic temple from Massachusetts to offer free ‘reproductive health’ services,” New Mexico’s bishops said in a joint statement. “We shudder to think what the ‘Religious Abortion Ritual’ that they require is all about.”
