A former anti-abortion activist has claimed that long before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the outcome of another decision involving contraception and religious freedom was leaked.
Schenck says in the letter that Gayle Wright, a donor to his evangelical nonprofit, Faith and Action, told him she would be dining withand his wife and that she thought she could learn the status of the case.
Wright later told Schenck what she learned, that the company would prevail in the case, according to the Times. Schenck said in the letter he used that information to prepare public relations material. He tipped off Steve Green, CEO of Hobby Lobby, days before the opinion was released, hoping to cultivate him as a donor, according to the Times.
In a statement to USA TODAY, Alito said the "allegation that the Wrights were told the outcome of the decision in the Hobby Lobby case, or the authorship of the opinion of the court, by me or my wife, is completely false.” He added that he"never detected" any effort to sway his official or private actions, and if he had, he would have"strongly objected.", the case that overturned Roe and wiped away the constitutional right to abortion it had established.
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