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Will state laws protect abortion under a Trump presidency? Probably not
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Will state laws protect abortion under a Trump presidency? Probably not

Salon  

This week, the United States elected Donald Trump to be the country’s 47th president. “It is all laid out in Project 2025, but people are going to be watching.” Everyone who voted to expand access to abortion via state ballot initiatives and for Trump "nullified their vote on the abortion amendments." “State constitutions provide no protection whatsoever against Comstock Act, …

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Democrats Introduce Bill To Repeal Comstock Act
6 months ago

Democrats Introduce Bill To Repeal Comstock Act

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats in the Senate and House introduced a bill to repeal an archaic law that could be revived to implement a national abortion ban. Sen. Tina Smith introduced the Stop Comstock Act on Thursday afternoon in hopes of repealing the 1873 law that criminalizes sending “obscene” materials in the mail, including anything “intended for producing abortion.” The …

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How Trump Could Still Ban Abortion Pills Nationwide
6 months, 1 week ago

How Trump Could Still Ban Abortion Pills Nationwide

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Despite the Supreme Court unanimously rejecting an attack on abortion pills this week, pro-choice advocates are cautioning against calling the decision a win — and for good reason. “Trump's second-term agenda threatens women in all 50 states.” - Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Biden-Harris campaign “Donald Trump’s anti-reproductive freedom agenda is not just a threat to red states,” she …

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Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dust off 150-year-old Comstock Act to target abortion rights
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dust off 150-year-old Comstock Act to target abortion rights

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Comstock Act of 1873 targeted the mailing …

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The Once-Dead Law At The Center Of The Next Abortion Battle, And The Anxiety That Drove It
1 year, 6 months ago

The Once-Dead Law At The Center Of The Next Abortion Battle, And The Anxiety That Drove It

Huff Post  

In mid-April, a group of evangelical ministers and local New Mexico elected officials stood on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to announce a new lawsuit that they hoped would soon be heard by the justices inside. And it also banned the mailing of “very article or thing designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion … and very article, …

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What does 1870s Comstock Act have to do with abortion pills?
1 year, 8 months ago

What does 1870s Comstock Act have to do with abortion pills?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A 19th century “anti-vice” law is at the center of a new court ruling that threatens access to the leading abortion drug in the U.S. Dormant for a half-century, the Comstock Act has been revived by anti-abortion groups and conservative states seeking to block the mailing of mifepristone, the pill used in more than half of U.S. abortions. …

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Editorial: An outdated vice law should not be a weapon against reproductive rights
1 year, 8 months ago

Editorial: An outdated vice law should not be a weapon against reproductive rights

LA Times  

This 2010 file photo shows bottles of abortion-inducing drugs. But once the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and numerous states enacted severe abortion restrictions or near bans, abortion opponents rooted through the federal code to reanimate the Comstock Act, arguing that it prevents the mailing of medication abortion pills everywhere. In a December opinion responding to a request from …

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