Democrats introduce bill to repeal Comstock abortion law, …
Jun 20, 2024 — Led by Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), the legislation would repeal the abortion provisions of the Comstock Act, an 1873 federal law that bans abortion-related materials from being sent through...
Democrats target 150-year-old 'zombie law,' warning the GOP …
Jun 20, 2024 — Senate Democrats are pushing to repeal the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that could be used to restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.
Why Democrats are suddenly so concerned about a law from 1873
Jun 20, 2024 — Her new legislation would repeal the Comstock Act of 1873, which targeted the mailing of contraceptives, pornography and anything “intended for producing abortion, or for any indecent or...
Democrats target 150-year-old 'zombie law,' warning the GOP
Jun 21, 2024 — Senate Democrats are pushing to repeal the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that could be used to restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.
Here Are the 46 Democrats Who Want to Amend the Comstock Act
Jun 21, 2024 — Legal scholars have been warning us about the threat of Comstock since the fall of 2022 but, as of this writing, very few Democratic lawmakers have talked about the antiquated law, let alone ...
Duckworth Joins Smith in Introducing Bill to Repeal the Comstock Act
Jun 24, 2024 — [WASHINGTON, D.C] – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), U.S. Representative Becca Balint (D-VT-At Large) and more than a dozen Senate Democrats to introduce the Stop Comstock Act, bicameral legislation that would repeal an arcane 1873 law, called the Comstock Act, that Republicans and anti-choice ...
Comstock Act repeal: Democrats make new push - The 19th
Jun 20, 2024 — Democrats have started calling the Comstock Act a “zombie” law that Republicans and the anti-abortion movement are trying to revive to restrict national access to medication abortion, which now accounts for more than 60 percent of abortions in the country.
Democrats seek to repeal Comstock abortion rule, fearing …
Democrats are seeking to overhaul an 1873 federal law that bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, worried that a future Trump administration could invoke the...
Democrats Introduce Bill To Repeal Comstock Act - HuffPost
Jun 20, 2024 — Democrats in the Senate and House introduced a bill to repeal an archaic law that could be revived to implement a national abortion ban. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced the Stop Comstock Act on Thursday afternoon in hopes of repealing the 1873 law that criminalizes sending “obscene” materials in the mail, including anything “intended ...
This 1873 Law Could Be Used to Ban Abortion. Why Not Repeal It?
Apr 25, 2024 — Some Democrats reportedly want to introduce a bill to protect the right to abortion against the antiquated Comstock Act. But others are hesitating.