The Comstock Act of 1873, a relic statute from a bygone era regulating public morality, is being cited by the Supreme Court in a case concerning medication abortion. Democratic Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota is now leading efforts to repeal the antiquated law before Trump allies execute their plan to resurrect it to impose a nationwide ban on medication abortion. ‘It hasn’t been enforced since the 1930s,’ says Sen. Smith. ‘It’s rooted in this Victorian era idea that the government should be the morality police.’
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