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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Politics
David Smith Washington bureau chief

Alarm as US supreme court takes a hatchet to church-state separation

The US supreme court has been described as more pro-religion than at any time since the 1950s.
The US supreme court has been described as more pro-religion than at any time since the 1950s. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

When America’s highest court ended the constitutional right to abortion after half a century, Jeff Landry, the attorney general of Louisiana, knew whom he wanted to thank.

“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad,” he said in an official statement. “Today, along with millions across Louisiana and America, I rejoice with my departed mom and the unborn children with her in Heaven!”

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