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Music video from The Satanic Temple band depicts 'abortion ritual' in Hobby Lobby

Icon of a hand with a gavelActivism·By Nancy Flanders

Music video from The Satanic Temple band depicts 'abortion ritual' in Hobby Lobby

A music video from Satanic Planet, a band comprised of members of The Satanic Temple (TST), includes a depiction of a woman undergoing an "abortion ritual" in the bathroom of a Hobby Lobby.

Key Takeaways:

  • A band comprised of members of The Satanic Temple recently released a graphic music video depicting a woman undergoing a "religious abortion ritual" inside a Hobby Lobby bathroom.

  • The Satanic Temple has targeted Hobby Lobby since a 2014 Supreme Court decision, the majority opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito, said for-profit businesses can claim a religious exemption from providing certain hormonal contraception under the Affordable Care Act.

  • The Satanic Temple argued that the ruling meant that its members' 'religious beliefs' should exempt them from pro-life laws.

  • The group has opened three abortion businesses: "The Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic" (NM), "The Right to Your Life Satanic Abortion Clinic" (VA), and "The President’s Yuge Most Beautiful Tremendous Satanic Abortion Clinic" (ME).

The Details:

Satanic Planet is a band that includes Luke Henshaw, Justin Pearson, Dave Lombardo, and Lucien Greaves, a co-founder of TST. Last week, it released a graphic music video for its song, "Sam Alito's Mom," from its album, "Dead Deities." The song is a reference to TST's tele-abortion business that claims to offer "religious medication abortion care" through mail-order abortion pills shipped by mail in New Mexico for those "who wish to perform The Satanic Temple's Religious Abortion Ritual."

CONTENT WARNING: Disturbing language and imagery.

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According to the music video, "On Friday, March 13, 2026, a satanic abortion ritual was performed inside of a Hobby Lobby bathroom."

The video follows a young woman into the store and states:

"This is a destruction ritual that serves as a protective rite. Its purpose is to cast off the guilt when choosing to have an abortion. It serves to empower the patient against those with theocratic religious convictions. The ritual wards off the effects of unjust persecution, which can cause one to stray from the paths of scientific reasoning."

The video essentially serves as a promotional piece for TST's abortion business. It gives step-by-step instructions on how to carry out the abortion ritual — the sacrificing of the woman's own child. The woman reads, "One's body is inviolable subject to one's own will alone."

As reported by The Christian Post:

After looking at herself in the mirror and taking abortifacient drugs, the woman prayerfully sits on the toilet before flushing her baby, returning to her own reflection and reading an affirmation that echoes the liturgy of the Eucharist: "By my body, my blood, by my will, it is done."

It's unlikely that the woman is actually undergoing an abortion as she is seen sitting on a toilet, smiling.

She is instructed that after she 'passes the embryo,' she should look at herself in the mirror. But a woman doesn't simply 'pass an embryo.' Taking the abortion pill involves severe cramps like labor pains, and bleeding sometimes so severe that it sends women to the ER.

As the woman leaves Hobby Lobby, the video depicts the burning of Hobby Lobby items that reference God.

Zoom Out:

Hobby Lobby has been one of TST's targets since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2014 that the retail chain did not have to provide contraception to employees, ensuring that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protects it.

In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., the court ruled 5-4 that for-profit corporations can claim a religious exemption from providing certain hormonal contraception under the Affordable Care Act. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion in that case.

TST argued that the ruling meant that its members' 'religious beliefs' should exempt them from pro-life laws. It then opened its first abortion facility in New Mexico and named it “The Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic.” The group remarked that “[i]n 1950, Samuel Alito’s mother did not have options, and look what happened.” It has since opened two more facilities — "The Right to Your Life Satanic Abortion Clinic" in Virginia and "The President’s Yuge Most Beautiful Tremendous Satanic Abortion Clinic" in Maine, which opened on President Trump's birthday.

The Bottom Line:

TST claims that pro-life laws "stray from the paths of scientific reasoning."

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Yet, science is clear that a new human life begins at fertilization and a human being could only be pregnant with another human being, who is equally worthy of life and protection.

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