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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 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.
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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.