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The Comstock Act is part of a federal case over access to abortion pills. A historical science-fiction writer weighs in on the legacy of 19th-century prudishness

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Editor’s note: This is a copy of our monthly reproductive justice newsletter. If you want to subscribe to receive this free newsletter on the last Friday of every month, you can do so here. Hello readers,  After an eight-hour meeting that began Tuesday evening, the town of Edgewood passed an anti-abortion ordinance in the early […]

See 2024 candidates acknowledging this, right? i mean, i think donald trump has tried to back away from his earlier role as the sort of champion of the antiabortion movement, and i think he feels he can afford to do that because he gave the antiabortion movement, the three justices to roe v. wade. i think the problem for gop presidential candidates is that this is no longer just an unpopular issue in swing states that theres the prospect of a president actually being able to stop purple, blue an...

The Comstock Act of 1873 bans the mailing of anything “obscene, lewd, lascivious” or considered morally impure, including abortifacients or abortion-related materials.

A law passed 150 years ago that banned the mailing of contraceptives, lewd materials and drugs that induce abortions could provide a pathway for effectively banning abortion nationwide -- even in states where the procedure is legal.

Around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, following about eight-and-a-half hours of discussion and public comment the Edgewood Town Commission voted 4 to 1 to pass an ordinance restricting access to abortion.

A major issue now before the Supreme Court of the United States derives from the beliefs and work of one man, Anthony Comstock. His goal, accomplished in 1873, was to

Texas Dist Court stayed FDA 23 year approval Mifeprex or Mifepristone Fifth Circuit to hear appeal injunction oral arguments appellate court. Depending on appellate case could go Supreme Court for final determination.