How Is a 19th-century Obscenity Law Being Used to Ban the Abortion Pill?
The Comstock Act is suddenly in the public spotlight, and has become the newest weapon in the fight against legal abortion in the U.S.
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Why anti-abortion groups are citing the ideas of a 19th-century 'vice reformer'
Anthony Comstock pushed Congress to crack down on what he saw as harmful vices, such as pornography and contraception. An 1873 law named for him has appeared in recent court battles over abortion.
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This 150-Year-Old Anti-Vice Law Is Now At The Center Of The Push To Ban Abortion
The Comstock Act and the imminent threat of a national abortion ban looms over the courts and the 2024 presidential election.
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<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>
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