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Henry Hyde
August 1, 2022
Melissa Gira Grant
A Forgotten 1990s Law Could Make It Illegal to Discuss Abortion Online
A provision in the Communications Decency Act making it a felony to talk about abortion online has been on hold since the Clinton administration. Could it be enforced by a future GOP president?
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The highly questionable independent counsel
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Jeffrey Rosen
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