January 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Satanic Temple against Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, citing a lack of standing. The Massachusetts-based “religious organization” had argued that the Indiana’s restrictions violated religious freedoms by preventing its members from accessing telehealth abortions through a clinic in New Mexico.
The case stemmed from Indiana’s 2022 law, enacted after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, which prohibits telemedicine for abortion-inducing drugs and requires in-person procedures in licensed facilities. The Satanic Temple, which views abortion as a ritual aligned with its tenets of bodily autonomy, sought an injunction against enforcement, claiming harm to its Indiana members. However, the court found the group failed to identify any specific injured member, relying instead on statistical speculation about potential pregnancies among its 11,300 Indiana adherents.
U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson initially dismissed the suit in October 2023, ruling that the Temple lacked evidence of operating in Indiana or concrete plans to violate the law. The appellate panel, in an opinion authored by Judge Diane Sykes Pryor, affirmed this, stating that without proof of imminent injury, the claims were speculative and not redressable, as other state statutes would still bar the desired services.
In August of 2025, the Alaska State Medical Board unanimously adopted a statement that elective late term abortions up until the time of delivery is not ethical medical practice and does not embody the values of Alaskans. The medical board acted directly to assert its authority over medical ethics, emphasizing that medical ethics should be based on professional insight. The Satanic Temple claims Indiana’s abortion ban has caused all of its members to “suffer the stigma of being evil people because they do not believe a human being comes into existence at conception nor do they believe abortion is homicide.” However, the Satanic Temple failed to show any medical harm caused by the abortion ban and ignored the harm that late-term abortion inflicts on the baby who is biologically a living human.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita hailed the decision as a reinforcement of the state’s pro-life stance. “This lawsuit was ridiculous from the start, but this unanimous court decision is a critical victory because it continues to uphold our pro-life law that is constitutionally and legally rock-solid,” Rokita said in a statement.
By most standards, a challenge to a medical board on the ethics of a procedure would seem like a fool’s errand just as what is illustrated in the Indiana case. It is not a matter of common sense or common law, but a matter of worldview and political will.
We need to clearly look at our own problems killing the unborn children of this state and commercializing their body parts for profit. It takes the will to focus and set the parameter of the good fight and never waiver from it. The number of abortions in this state keeps climbing and is relentless. The challenge is to the state, residents, commercial entities ad the federal government. Elections matter when each person running for elected seats commits to an anti abortion view and honors their commitment in all legislative work. Every person wanting to stop this heinous and abhorrent practice needs to step forward and vote those in that will stay in the good fight for our unborn children, because these unborn are the future and the purpose of our good aspirations in this life. Good article!
You have to ask the question that begs an answer. Is MRAK headed in the right direction? I’ve noticed that several articles fail to get any traction. If, certain articles get no comments or get very few, maybe just maybe the people are trying to tell MRAK that they want something else. Anchorage has a rich history that may interest your reader’s.
Sounds like we need Crusades after all.
Deus vult
Baby killing will continue and will be advocated for until the hearts of the people who do this are changed. Legislation and court precedent only delay the inevitable with these people so fixated on murdering the defenseless. Yet, this case is completely on brand for a satanic temple. Molach, anyone?