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Anthony Comstock
September 7, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
The 113-Year-Old Law Behind Anti-Abortion Activists’ Latest Scheme
The Christian right is pushing a slate of laws to stop a new, vague offense they have dubbed “abortion trafficking.”
April 12, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Conservatives Are Turning to a 150-Year-Old Obscenity Law to Outlaw Abortion
With the Comstock Act of 1873 coming back to life, reproductive care, LGBTQ protections, and a host of other civil rights are now at risk.
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?
July 26, 2004
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