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A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/16/supreme-court-mifepristone-abortion-pill-mail/

> Justice Clarence Thomas argues the Comstock Act, passed in 1873, prohibits the mailing of abortion medication.
#mifepristone #abortionrights #ComstockAct

A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/16/supreme-court-mifepristone-abortion-pill-mail/

> Justice Clarence Thomas argues the Comstock Act, passed in 1873, prohibits the mailing of abortion medication.
#mifepristone #abortionrights #ComstockAct

A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/16/supreme-court-mifepristone-abortion-pill-mail/

> Justice Clarence Thomas argues the Comstock Act, passed in 1873, prohibits the mailing of abortion medication.
#mifepristone #abortionrights #ComstockAct

A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/16/supreme-court-mifepristone-abortion-pill-mail/

> Justice Clarence Thomas argues the Comstock Act, passed in 1873, prohibits the mailing of abortion medication.
#mifepristone #abortionrights #ComstockAct

A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight

https://theintercept.com/2026/05/16/supreme-court-mifepristone-abortion-pill-mail/

> Justice Clarence Thomas argues the Comstock Act, passed in 1873, prohibits the mailing of abortion medication.
#mifepristone #abortionrights #ComstockAct

Your semi-regular reminder that repealing the #ComstockAct needs to be high on the to-do list for a post-Trump U.S.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-mifepristone-stay-thomas-alito

#AbortionRights

Your semi-regular reminder that repealing the #ComstockAct needs to be high on the to-do list for a post-Trump U.S.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-mifepristone-stay-thomas-alito

#AbortionRights

Your semi-regular reminder that repealing the #ComstockAct needs to be high on the to-do list for a post-Trump U.S.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-mifepristone-stay-thomas-alito

#AbortionRights

Your semi-regular reminder that repealing the #ComstockAct needs to be high on the to-do list for a post-Trump U.S.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-mifepristone-stay-thomas-alito

#AbortionRights

Your semi-regular reminder that repealing the #ComstockAct needs to be high on the to-do list for a post-Trump U.S.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-mifepristone-stay-thomas-alito

#AbortionRights

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_Act_of_1873?wprov=sfti1

#Wikipedia

WTF is the #ComstockAct?

#NaziUSA

New Lawsuit Could Challenge Telehealth Abortion Access Nationwide

The case could end up in front of the Supreme Court — an opportunity that abortion opponents have been waiting for.

https://murica.website/2025/07/new-lawsuit-could-challenge-telehealth-abortion-access-nationwide/

#tradwife #Masculinity #Heirarchy #Women #ToxicMasculinity #alt #culture #JDVance #Middleclass#Misscarriage #Republicans #ComstockAct#FetalPersonhood#Contreception #dominance

Thom Hartmann
From: The Manhood Trap: From Epstein’s Island to Musk’s Baby Farm — How the Right Redefined Masculinity as Control
Underneath the memes, podcasts, and tradwife fantasies lies a dangerous agenda: train young men to reject equality, fear women’s power, and embrace authoritarianism disguised as masculinity

How to Get and Abet an Abortion:
Everything You Need to Know to Help Yourself or a Friend, No Matter Where You Live in America - advice from writers at the @thestranger

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2025/02/03/79904283/how-to-get-and-abet-an-abortion

#Abortion #Healthcare #AbortionRights #Abortionpill #Mifepristone #misoprostol #Pregnancy #Medicaid #ComstockAct

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/the-anti-abortion-movement-is-lobbying-the-trump-administration-for-an-abortion-pill-crackdown/

letter to #DoJ takes aim at the distribution of #mifepristone by mail. The #FDA has allowed providers to mail mifepristone to patients since 2021…But the letter, addressed to #actingAG James McHenry, asks him to take “immediate action” to implement the #ComstockAct, the 19th-century anti-obscenity law that made it a crime to mail “every article or thing designed, adapted, or intended for producing #abortion.”

It’s been 150 years. Will Dems finally get the guts to take on Comstock?

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-12-04/mifepristone-misoprostol-medication-abortion-comstock-act

#ComstockAct #Abortion

Check out Senator Tina Smith slay Anthony Comstock debate. Learn how modern-day ghouls are planning to use his #ComstockAct to justify their shenanigans to block access care. Watch, share, & take action: SIGN the petition TODAY!
#StopComstockAct youtu.be/mftG22Et5uc

RepealTheComstockAct.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tz2BUuzTmE

1 month ago

#Vox

#StoptheWarAgainstPregnantPeople

#MifepristoneAccessForEVERYONENOW

#FuckTrump #farright #extrêmedroite #abortionban #ComstockAct #Project2025 #StopJDVance #FetalPersonhoodBULLSHIT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tz2BUuzTmE

#Vox

Wxactly how Furhrer Trump could ban #abortion

#Mifepristone #ComstockAct

#StopTheWarOnPregnantPeople

#StopProject2025 #Election2024

#farright #extrêmedroite

#Project2025 aims to revive the #ComstockAct, an 1873 "Victorian purity law." The plan skips the legislative process & would apply even in states w/legal abortion.
The ultimate goal is to “subordinate women," says Leah Litman #InsideProject2025 #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/project-2025-seeks-to-resurrect-a-151-yr-old-law-to-subordinate-women-219369029747

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

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

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

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

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

But despite #Trump’s efforts to avoid clarifying questions about his position on threats to #abortion #access via the #ComstockAct & fetal #personhood, there are a lot of reasons to believe the #GOP would, indeed, try to ban abortion nationwide if Trump is re-elected.

Tuesday’s letter cited some of these indicators & #JDVance’s support for them, including: [see pic]

#law #ReproductiveRights #Health #AbortionIsHealthCare #VoteBlue #HarrisForPresident #Harris2024

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

Inside #Democrats’ #Plans to #Repeal the #ComstockAct.

The effort to #repeal or #amend the #ComstockAct started in earnest in April of last year

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #WomansRights #AbortionRights #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.notus.org/policy/comstock-act-bill-democrats

Inside #Democrats’ #Plans to #Repeal the #ComstockAct.

The effort to #repeal or #amend the #ComstockAct started in earnest in April of last year

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #WomansRights #AbortionRights #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.notus.org/policy/comstock-act-bill-democrats

Inside #Democrats’ #Plans to #Repeal the #ComstockAct.

The effort to #repeal or #amend the #ComstockAct started in earnest in April of last year

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #WomansRights #AbortionRights #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.notus.org/policy/comstock-act-bill-democrats

Inside #Democrats’ #Plans to #Repeal the #ComstockAct.

The effort to #repeal or #amend the #ComstockAct started in earnest in April of last year

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #WomansRights #AbortionRights #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.notus.org/policy/comstock-act-bill-democrats

Inside #Democrats’ #Plans to #Repeal the #ComstockAct.

The effort to #repeal or #amend the #ComstockAct started in earnest in April of last year

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #WomansRights #AbortionRights #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.notus.org/policy/comstock-act-bill-democrats

“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/

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-doj-justice/

#TheNation 7 June 2024

Under #Trump, the #DOJ Will Become the Legal Wing of the #MAGAMovement
by #ElieMystal

Should Trump win, #conservatives have a plan to use the #DeptOfJustice to make their darkest desires legal, whilst removing the legal means to STOP THEM

#USAShitShow #Election2024 #Project2025
#farright #Christofascists #fascism #whitesupremacism #rightwing #MAGA #GOPieceOfShit #ComstockAct

Rights at risk
#LGBTQIAplus :newpride: :anqueer_flag:
#SolidarityWithPalestine🇵🇸 , etc
#RightsForAllGenders
#CivilLiberties
#ClimateChangeIssues

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-doj-justice/

#TheNation 7 June 2024

Under #Trump, the #DOJ Will Become the Legal Wing of the #MAGAMovement
by #ElieMystal

Should Trump win, #conservatives have a plan to use the #DeptOfJustice to make their darkest desires legal, whilst removing the legal means to STOP THEM

#USAShitShow #Election2024 #Project2025
#farright #Christofascists #fascism #whitesupremacism #rightwing #MAGA #GOPieceOfShit #ComstockAct

Rights at risk
#LGBTQIAplus :newpride: :anqueer_flag:
#SolidarityWithPalestine🇵🇸 , etc
#RightsForAllGenders
#CivilLiberties
#ClimateChangeIssues

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-doj-justice/

#TheNation 7 June 2024

Under #Trump, the #DOJ Will Become the Legal Wing of the #MAGAMovement
by #ElieMystal

Should Trump win, #conservatives have a plan to use the #DeptOfJustice to make their darkest desires legal, whilst removing the legal means to STOP THEM

#USAShitShow #Election2024 #Project2025
#farright #Christofascists #fascism #whitesupremacism #rightwing #MAGA #GOPieceOfShit #ComstockAct

Rights at risk
#LGBTQIAplus :newpride: :anqueer_flag:
#SolidarityWithPalestine🇵🇸 , etc
#RightsForAllGenders
#CivilLiberties
#ClimateChangeIssues

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-doj-justice/

#TheNation 7 June 2024

Under #Trump, the #DOJ Will Become the Legal Wing of the #MAGAMovement
by #ElieMystal

Should Trump win, #conservatives have a plan to use the #DeptOfJustice to make their darkest desires legal, whilst removing the legal means to STOP THEM

#USAShitShow #Election2024 #Project2025
#farright #Christofascists #fascism #whitesupremacism #rightwing #MAGA #GOPieceOfShit #ComstockAct

Rights at risk
#LGBTQIAplus :newpride: :anqueer_flag:
#SolidarityWithPalestine🇵🇸 , etc
#RightsForAllGenders
#CivilLiberties
#ClimateChangeIssues

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-doj-justice/

#TheNation 7 June 2024

Under #Trump, the #DOJ Will Become the Legal Wing of the #MAGAMovement
by #ElieMystal

Should Trump win, #conservatives have a plan to use the #DeptOfJustice to make their darkest desires legal, whilst removing the legal means to STOP THEM

#USAShitShow #Election2024 #Project2025
#farright #Christofascists #fascism #whitesupremacism #rightwing #MAGA #GOPieceOfShit #ComstockAct

Rights at risk
#LGBTQIAplus :newpride: :anqueer_flag:
#SolidarityWithPalestine🇵🇸 , etc
#RightsForAllGenders
#CivilLiberties
#ClimateChangeIssues

Sign and RT! I joined Ultra Violet in demanding Congress repeal the #ComstockAct, a 151-year-old law being weaponized by anti-abortion extremists to ban abortion nationwide. Many of our freedoms hang in the balance if we don't repeal now.
#RoeYourVote
https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/Repeal_Comstock_Act/

1873 zombie Comstock Act revived for nationwide abortion ban. Read or listen to the podcast.
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/04/29/project-2025-uses-1873-comstock-act-for-nationwide-abortion-ban/
#comstockact #nationalabortionban #project2025 #stopthecoup2025

The original text of the #ComstockAct in relation to #birthcontrol and #abortion included an exception for #doctors expunged at the last minute with little debate - and as Lauren MacIver Thompson says in her WaPo piece, partly so the Senate could get to a vote on it the next day.

Gift link for the Washington Post:

https://wapo.st/49WKiwK

#reproductiverights #womenshealth

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

"The 151-year-old measure is a purity law, designed to prevent use of the mails for any obscene material, which includes information about or designed to promote abortion. The Appellants in the Supreme Court, who wanted to end access to Mifepristone, argued that the Act could be used to ban mailing it, which is a key way women get access to it."

#Republicans #abortion #ComstockAct #TinaSmith
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"Minnesota Senator Tina Smith says she will introduce legislation to repeal the Comstock Act. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because we discussed it when efforts to ban medication abortion first surfaced in the Texas lawsuit that was argued last week in the Supreme Court, the Mifepristone case."

~ Joyce Vance

#Republicans #abortion #ComstockAct #TinaSmith
/4

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-eae