A Potential National Abortion Ban Rears Its Head At The Supreme Court
The court’s two most conservative justices signaled their belief that abortion could be effectively banned across the country via the 1873 Comstock Act.
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The court’s two most conservative justices signaled their belief that abortion could be effectively banned across the country via the 1873 Comstock Act.
Deanda v. Becerra, like many other cases brought by conservative Christian plaintiffs in the name of religious freedom, is part of a strategic campaign to advance Christian nationalism by means of the judiciary.
The court’s two most conservative justices signaled their belief that abortion could be effectively banned across the country via the 1873 Comstock Act.
A federal abortion ban won’t pass Congress. But activists hope a 19th Century law could be enforced to halt the procedure.
Conservatives Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas asked about a zombie law activists see as a de facto national abortion ban