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I #Salute #KenanThompson for #Talking About the #ComstockAct at the #DNC.

The #comedian called out a specific #horrible #policy from #Project2025, which, if #implemented by a #GOP #president, could lead to #abortion being #banned #nationwide.

https://www.jezebel.com/i-salute-kenan-thompson-for-talking-about-the-comstock-act-at-the-dnc

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

“There is a very clear, well-organized plan afoot by the #MAGA #Republicans to use #Comstock as a tool to #ban #MedicationAbortion, & potentially all #abortions,” said Sen #TinaSmith (MN), who on Thurs plans to introduce legislation to repeal the #ComstockAct’s #abortion provisions. “My job is to take that tool away.”

#ReproductiveRights #law #Congress #legislation #WomensHealth #health #extremism #Christian #evangelism #MaleSupremacy #TrumpProofing

#Democrats seek to repeal #Comstock #abortion rule, fearing #Trump crackdown

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 admin could invoke the #ComstockAct to crack down on #AbortionAccess or effectively #ban the procedure altogether.

#MAGA #Republicans #extremism #Christian #evangelism #Congress #legislation #TrumpProofing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/20/comstock-abortion-repeal-tina-smith-senate/

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/

Enforcing the Comstock Act (previously considered moot due to the Roe v. Wade decision) would require people to be arrested for seeking or performing abortions. Why don't Republicans want to talk about that?

https://newrepublic.com/article/180568/comstock-act-abortion-arrests-republicans

#politics #uspolitics #republicans #GOP #hypocrisy #abortion #abortionrights #womensrights #comstock #comstockact

#Experts Fear #Corrupt #Conservative #SupremeCourt #Justices #ClarenceThomas and #SamuelAlito Are Laying the #Groundwork for a #Nationwide #Ban on #Medication #Abortions

Their #questions about the #ComstockAct did not go unnoticed.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Courts #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Corruption #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/experts-fear-clarence-thomas-and-samuel-alito-are-laying-the-groundwork-for-a-nationwide-ban-on-medication-abortions-and-maybe-even-all-abortions

So of *course* #Texas Conservatives are trying to invoke the long-moribund #ComstockAct in their war on #abortion .

The Comstock Act, of course, banned anything going through the mails related to abortion -- or #contraception -- or, for that matter, any “#obscene , #lewd or #lascivious” writings.

Because a goodly number of those anti-abortion folk want , too.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/20/texas-fda-abortion-pill-comstock-act/