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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Former anti-abortion activist claims Supreme Court justice leaked landmark 2014 decision to influential donors

AP

A former anti-abortion activist with an influential lobbying group claims that he was told the outcome of a landmark US Supreme Court case before it was published in 2014.

Evangelical minister Rob Schenck, once a prominent anti-abortion leader in Washington DC, claims in a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts that he was informed of the high court’s ruling in Burwell v Hobby Lobby, which marked a significant victory for Christian conservative groups.

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