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On April 7, 2023, only minutes apart, two federal district courts issued rulings on cases challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s regulations governing mifepristone, a key...

The Comstock Act and the imminent threat of a national abortion ban looms over the courts and the 2024 presidential election.

New Mexico is rapidly becoming an abortion destination under Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, but her efforts are meeting with stiff resistance from pro-life New Mexicans living along the Texas border.

<p>Historian Lauren MacIvor Thompson explains how the law, which hasn't been enforced in 50 years, is being considered as a tool to secure a nationwide abortion ban by a group of Republican Attorneys General. </p>

One decision cites no evidence – because there is none – that mifepristone alone causes complications. The issue of standing is problematic.

The 19th century Comstock Act, which outlawed the distribution of "obscene" materials, including contraception, is being cited as a basis for blocking the mailing of the abortion pill mifepristone.

<p><br />Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Gov. Wes Moore were on "This Week" Sunday, April 16. This is a rush transcript and may be updated.</p>

She says the effort to invalidate the abortion pill is part of an ongoing effort to take away freedom and a woman’s right to make her own decisions.