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seek to repeal rule, fearing crackdown

Democrats are seeking to overhaul an 1873 federal that abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, worried that a future Trump admin could invoke the to crack down on or effectively the procedure altogether.


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

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

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Today in Labor History March 3, 1873: U.S. Congress enacted the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail. This included any literature discussing birth control. The authorities imprisoned many birth control and free love advocates for violating the law, including Emma Goldman and Margaret Sanger.

The symbol of Comstock's New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. Depicts a man being arrested, and another man, in a top hat, burning books and pamphlets. By New York Society for the Suppression of Vice - Public-domain image due to age, extracted from https://omnigraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/shopp_files/0814424-SP.pdf. Ultimately sourced from https://www.granger.com/results.asp?image=0059533., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1253022
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