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Comstock

[ kuhm-stok, kom- ]

noun

  1. Anthony, 1844–1915, U.S. author and reformer.


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The enforcement of the Comstock Act could ban the mailing of abortion pills nationwide, even in states where abortion remains legal.

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The document argues that prosecutors can revive the Comstock Act, a 19th-century law that criminalized the mailing of "obscene" materials, which were broadly defined to cover all of these items.

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Additionally, many are watching to see whether the Trump administration will issue new guidance on the Comstock Act, a 19th-century zombie law that hasn’t been enforced in decades.

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Democrats should repeal the Comstock Act, an 1873 law that conservatives want to use to prohibit any shipment of the drugs used for medically induced abortions.

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At issue is how antiabortion government officials could revive and interpret the Comstock Act, a federal law that once banned the mailing of “obscene†materials related to abortions.

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