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<p>The career of Anthony Comstock shows what can happen when a highly committed moral crusader gains traction in the political system. His rehabilitation in the contemporary abortion war is cause for concern. </p>

The core premise of Bexis’ article is very simple: Once the FDA has said “yes” and approved a particular drug for a particular indication (“intended…

The future of abortion access in the United States may soon depend on how courts interpret a 150-year-old law that hadn’t been applied for nearly a century — and whose author originally intended for some abortions to remain legal.

The future of access to mifepristone, the most widely used abortion drug, looked doubtful after appellate judges in New Orleans defended the honor of an...

The Comstock Act, the signature work of a 19th-century anti-vice crusader, banned the mailing of “indecent” materials but also limited abortion access.

A puritan crusader got Congress to pass an anti-obscenity law in 1873. The antiabortion lobby has resurrected it for their own purposes.

A puritan crusader got Congress to pass an anti-obscenity law in 1873. The antiabortion lobby has resurrected it for their own purposes.

Nothing reflects that show-stopping lyric “everything old is new again” like the tactics of the antiabortion movement — specifically, its reliance on a…

Death threats, intimidation, smear campaigns… How the state's war on ‘vulgar’ tomes has made life hell for the humble librarian

The fifth circuit court of appeals is hearing a challenge on Wednesday to the FDA’s decades-old approval of mifepristone