Senator Tina Smith Unveils Legislation to Repeal the Comstock Act
Jun 20, 2024 · The Stop Comstock Act would repeal language in the Comstock Laws that could be used by an anti-abortion administration to ban the mailing of mifepristone and other drugs used in medication abortions, instruments and equipment used in abortions, and educational material related to sexual health.
Democrats introduce bill to repeal Comstock abortion law, guard …
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 the...
Opinion | The Comstock Act Is a Danger to Abortion Rights. I …
Apr 2, 2024 · Anti-abortion activists like to bring up the Comstock Act because one of its clauses prohibits sending through the mail “every article, instrument, substance, drug, medicine or thing” that...
Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Repeal the Comstock Act
– Today, U.S.Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and 14 of their Senate colleagues introduced a bill to repeal an 1873 law, called the Comstock Act, that Republicans and anti-choice extremists want to misuse to ban abortion nationwide.
Democrats target 150-year-old 'zombie law,' warning the GOP …
Jun 20, 2024 · “The Comstock Act is a 150-year-old zombie law banning abortion that’s long been relegated to the dustbin of history,” Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., a leader on the bill, said in a statement...
Smith vows to repeal Comstock Act before it can be used to ... - MinnPost
Apr 4, 2024 · Sen. Tina Smith is concerned that a law that has been on the books since 1873 called the Comstock Act could end the mailing of a drug called mifepristone that is used in medication abortions.
Comstock Act repeal: Democrats make new push - The 19th
Jun 20, 2024 · Congressional Democrats on Thursday kicked off a legislative push to repeal an 1873 law that prohibits the mailing of obscene materials and whose enforcement related to medication abortion is a top priority of the anti-abortion movement.
A second act for Comstock - POLITICO
Apr 4, 2024 · Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith wants to repeal the Comstock Act, telling Pulse “it shouldn’t be considered at all” when it comes to abortion access.
Democratic senator eyeing bill to repeal Comstock Act - The Hill
Apr 2, 2024 · Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) said in a New York Times op-ed Tuesday that she wants to introduce a bill “to take away the Comstock Act as a tool to limit reproductive freedom.”
Duckworth Joins Smith in Introducing Bill to Repeal the Comstock Act
Jun 24, 2024 · The Stop Comstock Act would repeal language in the Comstock Laws that could be used by an anti-abortion administration to ban the mailing of mifepristone and other drugs used in medication abortions, instruments and equipment used in abortions, and educational material related to sexual health.