Led by Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), the legislation would repeal the abortion provisions of the Comstock Act, an 1873 federal law that bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail.

Dems Introduce the ‘Stop Comstock Act’ to Repeal Abortion Sections of 1873 Law It's not a full repeal, but it's better than nothing.

Congressional Democrats are strategizing over legislation to repeal the Comstock Act, the 19th-century anti-vice law that’s being eyed by conservative activists to potentially enact a national ...

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 Comstock ...

Democrats in the Senate and House introduced a bill to repeal an archaic law that could be revived to implement a national abortion ban. If enforced as anti-abortion activists want, the Comstock ...

Senate Democrats are pushing to repeal the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that could be used to restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.

Democrats should repeal the Comstock Act, an 1873 law that conservatives want to use to prohibit any shipment of the drugs used for medically induced abortions. News. Home Page ; ...

Democrats worried that a new Trump administration may use a 150-year-old federal law to stop abortion pills from being sent through the mail have announced an attempt to repeal it.

This 1873 Law Could Be Used to Ban Abortion. Why Not Repeal It? Some Democrats reportedly want to introduce a bill to protect the right to abortion against the antiquated Comstock Act.

Not all Democrats agree that attempting to repeal the Comstock Act’s abortion provisions should be an election-year priority, worried it will distract from the party’s existing efforts to ...