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'I didn’t prepare to be accused of antisemitism': Rep. #BeccaBalint on walking out of #AryanToddlerBondi hearing - Invidious

#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinScandal

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=E42S8dcTd60&listen=false

RE the U.S.govt tactics, etc, Rep #Balint: 'It's textbook #fascism what they are doing'

Senator Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Repeal the 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

https://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cortez-masto-congress-must-act-now-to-protect-dreamers-from-deportation/

#ComstockAct #MAGA #Comstock #abortion #Warren #Masto #Balint

Democrats are seeking to overhaul an 1873 federal law that bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail,

worried that a future Trump administration could invoke the #ComstockAct to crack down on abortion access or effectively ban the procedure altogether.

“There is a very clear, well-organized plan afoot by the #MAGA Republicans to use #Comstock as a tool to ban medication abortion, and potentially all abortions,” said Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.),
who on Thursday plans to introduce legislation to repeal the Comstock Act’s #abortion provisions.

⭐️“My job is to take that tool away.”⭐️

Democrats’ push to defang the 151-year-old law comes less than five months before a presidential election
in which reproductive rights appear destined to play a defining role.

But the party’s mixed reaction to the plan underscores the balancing act between policy aspirations and political realities.


Sens. Elizabeth #Warren (D-Mass.), Catherine Cortez #Masto (D-Nev.) and other Democrats have signed on to the legislation,
according to Smith’s office.

Rep. Becca #Balint (D-Vt.) will introduce companion legislation in the House,
and in an interview she said she believed House Democratic leaders support the effort.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/20/comstock-abortion-repeal-tina-smith-senate/