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Democrats in the House and Senate ... the legislation would repeal the abortion provisions of the Comstock Act, an 1873 federal law that bans abortion-related materials from being sent through ...
Tina Smith (D-Minn.), who on Thursday introduced legislation to repeal the Comstock Act’s abortion provisions. “My job is to take that tool away.” Democrats’ push to defang the 151-year ...
But incredibly, the outlet says, without citing sources, that “Not all Democrats agree that attempting to repeal the Comstock Act’s abortion provisions should be an election-year priority ...
Democrats in the Senate and House introduced a bill to repeal an archaic law that could be revived to implement a national abortion ban. If enforced as anti-abortion activists want, the Comstock ...
WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats is pushing to repeal a 150-year-old law that ... specifically abortion pills. The Comstock Act of 1873, which has not been widely enforced for decades ...
Passed in 1873, the Comstock Act bans in part the usage of the U.S. Postal Service to send any materials that can facilitate or cause abortions. The federal Food and Drug Administration began ...
Before Democrats lose the White House and the Senate, they should push through legislation to repeal the Comstock Act, which could be used to prevent legal medically induced abortions everywhere ...
Democrats are finally talking about the Comstock Act — and they are finally trying to repeal it. The act is a dormant 19th century federal law that’s still technically on the books and could ...
The federal 1873 Comstock Act, a criminal law ... t currently enforced for that purpose. Democrats in Congress last month launched an effort to repeal parts of the law, despite concerns from ...