Democrats target 150-year-old 'zombie law,' warning the GOP …
WEBJun 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.
Democrats target 150-year-old 'zombie law,' warning the GOP
WEBJun 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.
Why Democrats are suddenly so concerned about a law from 1873
WEBJun 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 Introduce Bill To Repeal Comstock Act - HuffPost
WEBJun 20, 2024 · 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 for producing abortion.”
Comstock Act repeal: Democrats make new push - The 19th
WEBJun 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 …
Democrats are trying to repeal a zombie law that could ban …
WEBJun 21, 2024 · On Thursday, Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced a bill, dubbed the “Stop Comstock Act” and co-sponsored by more than a dozen other Senate Democrats. She says the measure would repeal the ...
Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Repeal the Comstock Act
WEBThe 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.
Duckworth Joins Smith in Introducing Bill to Repeal the Comstock Act
WEBJun 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.
Democrats introduce bill to repeal Comstock abortion law, …
WEBLed 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...
Opinion: The Comstock Act must be repealed now | CNN
WEBJan 22, 2024 · As long as a Democrat sits in the White House, the law will remain in the dustbin of history. But a future Republican administration could exhume the law and make enforcing Comstock a top...