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  1. Senator Tina Smith
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    Senator Tina Smith Unveils Legislation to Repeal the Comstock Act

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  2. The Hill
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    Democrats introduce bill to repeal Comstock abortion …

    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...

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  4. New York Times
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    Opinion | The Comstock Act Is a Danger to Abortion …

    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...

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  5. U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
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    Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Repeal the …

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  6. NBC News
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    Democrats target 150-year-old 'zombie law,' warning …

    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...

  7. MinnPost
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    Smith vows to repeal Comstock Act before it can be …

    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.

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    What is the stop Comstock Act?
    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.

    Senator Tina Smith Unveils Legislation to Repeal the Comstock Act

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    Will the Comstock Act be repealed?
    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 mail. “The Comstock Act is a 150-year-old zombie law banning abortion that’s long been relegated to the dustbin of history.

    Democrats introduce bill to repeal Comstock abortion law, guard against

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    Can the Comstock Act be misused?
    This potential misuse of the Comstock Act is a very real threat that we must take seriously.” U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced a bill to repeal an arcane 1873 law, called the Comstock Act, that Republicans and anti-choice extremists want to misuse to ban abortion nationwide.

    Senator Tina Smith Unveils Legislation to Repeal the Comstock Act

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    Could the Comstock Act be used as a back door?
    Senators are seeking to repeal the Comstock Act of 1873 as reproductive rights supporters fear a future president could use it as a back door to curtail abortion nationwide. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., at a news conference this week about protection reproductive rights. Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images

    Democrats target 150-year-old 'zombie law,' warning the GOP could use

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    Why do anti-abortion activists want the Comstock Act?
    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 could lead to an abortion.

    Opinion | The Comstock Act Is a Danger to Abortion Rights. I Want to

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    Will the Comstock Act enact a National Abortion Ban?
    Congressional Democrats are strategizing over legislation to repeal the Comstock Act, the 19 th century anti-vice law that’s being eyed by conservative activists to potentially enact a national abortion ban.

    Democratic senator eyeing bill to repeal Comstock Act

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  9. The 19th News
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    Comstock Act repeal: Democrats make new push - The …

    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 …

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  10. POLITICO
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    A second act for Comstock - POLITICO

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  11. The Hill
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    Democratic senator eyeing bill to repeal Comstock Act

    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.”

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  12. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
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    Duckworth Joins Smith in Introducing Bill to Repeal the Comstock …

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