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Comstock Act
October 12, 2024
Jason Linkins
Three Critical Arguments Harris Needs to Make in These Final Days
Here are some ideas to help Democrats close the deal with the widest possible swath of persuadable voters.
April 27, 2024
Jason Linkins
Don’t Worry, Mike Pence, Trump Will Sign Your Abortion Ban
The former vice president thinks his former boss has betrayed the anti-abortion movement. He is, unfortunately, very wrong about that.
April 26, 2024
Susan Rinkunas
Sam Alito Thinks We’re All Stupid
The justice snapped that “nobody’s suggesting” pregnant women don’t deserve medical care in E.R.s. Actually, lots of people would put the fetus before her.
April 25, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
This 1873 Law Could Be Used to Ban Abortion. Why Not Repeal It?
Some Democrats reportedly want to introduce a bill to protect the right to abortion against the antiquated Comstock Act. But others are hesitating.
April 18, 2024
Ben Metzner
You’ll Never Guess Who Doesn’t Want to Repeal a Zombie Abortion Ban
Democrats are getting pressure from abortion rights groups to keep the Comstock Act in place.
April 10, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Republicans Are Running Scared From Their Own Abortion Positions
145 Republicans in Congress say they want to enforce the 151-year-old law. We asked a handful of them about the consequences. None replied.
April 8, 2024
Michael Tomasky
The Right Is About to Try to Turn Trump Into an Abortion Moderate
Republicans and their media allies are about to reach into an old bag of tricks to try to tone down the former president’s extremism.
March 26, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion
Justices Alito and Thomas just lent credibility to the Christian right’s attempt to revive the Comstock Act.
March 25, 2024
Susan Rinkunas
How Hobby Lobby Could Be Trump’s Reproductive Rights Wrecking Ball
The 2014 Supreme Court ruling is even more consequential as we stare down the possibility of Trump’s reelection—and a revival of the Comstock Act.
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