Advertising Company Asks Court to Dismiss Satanic Temple’s Lawsuit in Arkansas

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Lamar Advertising has asked the federal court for Arkansas’ Western District to dismiss a lawsuit the Satanic Temple filed against the company in February.

The Satanic Temple sued Lamar over a set of pro-abortion billboards that Lamar rejected in 2020.

Lamar’s attorneys have filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the Western District of Arkansas is not the proper venue for the court case and that the Satanic Temple has not suffered enough damages to warrant the lawsuit.

The rejected billboard designs claimed the Satanic Temple’s “religious abortion ritual averts many state restrictions” on abortion. 

As we have written before, the Satanic Temple is a prominent atheist organization. The group has tried to persuade federal courts to recognize abortion as a religious ritual. So far courts have not done so.

According to court documents, the Satanic Temple wanted to place pro-abortion billboards near pregnancy resource centers in Fayetteville, Springdale, and Little Rock.

Unfortunately, the Satanic Temple has a history of stirring up controversy in Arkansas.

Besides working to place pro-abortion billboards in Arkansas, the group is part of a lawsuit to have the Ten Commandments monument removed from the Arkansas State Capitol Grounds.

In August of 2018 the Satanic Temple held a small protest in front of the State Capitol, and parked a flatbed trailer holding a 7½-foot statue of baphomet — a satanic figure — in front of the Capitol Building.

The Satanic Temple had previously threatened to put the baphomet monument on the capitol grounds itself. However, nothing ever came of the threat, because monuments require legislative approval.

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Abortion Volunteers Prevent Women From Receiving Pro-Life Material Outside Little Rock Facility

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Surveillance video footage seems to show pro-abortion volunteers blocking pro-lifers from sharing information with women outside Little Rock Family Planning Services — Arkansas’ only surgical abortion facility.

The video footage was obtained from the Little Rock Police Department via the state’s Freedom of Information Act.

In one clip from Thursday, June 2, a pro-life volunteer can be seen handing material to a passenger inside a vehicle at the facility.

A few seconds later, the video appears to show a pro-abortion volunteer taking the material away from the passenger before directing the vehicle into the abortion facility’s parking lot.

Family Council staff spoke with a source familiar with the situation who said the material contained information about options besides abortion.

You can watch that video clip below.

In other surveillance video footage from Friday, June 3, 2022, a pro-abortion volunteer can be seen hurrying to direct vehicles past pro-lifers outside the facility before walking back onto the abortion facility’s property.

These efforts appear to be intended to prevent pro-lifers from communicating with women at the abortion facility.

You can see some of those video clips below.

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Arkansas’ informed-consent laws require that women be given all the facts about abortion — including its risks, consequences, and alternatives — and pro-lifers work very hard to let women know that they have options besides abortion.

Unfortunately, these surveillance videos seem to indicate that volunteers for the abortion facility in Little Rock don’t want women to know about those options.

In May, Family Council received video of pro-abortion volunteers using loud music and umbrellas to block pro-lifers from engaging in outreach outside Little Rock Family Planning Services.

Additionally, Little Rock Police have documented multiple incidents outside the surgical abortion facility in over the years, and recently placed a mobile surveillance tower near the facility to deter criminal behavior.

Every day that Little Rock Family Planning Services is open for business, pro-lifers gather for peaceful prayer and to talk with women about pro-life alternatives to abortion. Multiple unborn children have been saved from abortion because of their ministry.

Some pro-life groups estimate the “no-show” rate for abortion appointments can go to as high as 75% when people pray in front of an abortion facility.

The fact that pro-abortion volunteers would want stop pro-lifers from making contact with women at the abortion facility speaks volumes about how effective this pro-life ministry is.

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LRPD Stations Mobile Surveillance Tower Near Little Rock Abortion Facility, Pregnancy Center

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Above: LRPD recently stationed a mobile surveillance tower near an abortion facility and a pro-life pregnancy resource center in west Little Rock.

Recently, Family Council learned that the Little Rock Police Department stationed one of its mobile surveillance towers at a location near Little Rock Family Planning Services and Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center in west Little Rock.

Little Rock Family Planning Services is Arkansas’ only surgical abortion facility.

Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center, located next door, is a pro-life center that helps women with unplanned pregnancies choose options besides abortion.

The LRPD uses mobile surveillance towers to increase the visibility of police presence and deter crime in the community.

In a statement provided to Family Council, Lt. John Michael Trent of the Little Rock Police Department said,

With national events involving abortion and in particular this topic being propelled to the spotlight regarding the leaked document from the United State Supreme Court it was my opinion this tower was placed in this area with hopes to deter any criminal behavior or problems from anyone. We have used this tower in the past for other events, businesses and places and overall it does seem to be a strong deterrent regarding criminal behavior.

Lt. Trent also said the goal “is to be as proactive as possible,” and indicated that the tower’s location would be reevaluated after 30 days.

In the wake of the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, pro-life organizations have been targeted by vandals and arsonists, and pro-abortion activists have promised a “summer of rage” is Roe is reversed.

Additionally, Little Rock Police have documented multiple incidents outside the surgical abortion facility in recent years.

We deeply appreciate the Little Rock Police Department taking steps to be proactive in protecting Arkansans and keeping our community safe. We hope and pray that our country remains peaceful if and when the U.S. Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade.

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