Ali Vitali is a Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News, based in Washington.
WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats is pushing to repeal a 150-year-old law that reproductive rights advocates fear could be used to further curb access to abortion, specifically abortion pills. The Comstock Act of 1873 bans lewd, obscene or abortion-producing materials from being sent through the mail, although it has not been widely enforced for decades.
” The issue could become a new frontier for Democrats as they pursue a blitz of symbolic legislation to protect reproductive rights, using widely expected Republican opposition to highlight the contrast for voters ahead of the 2024 elections. Some Democrats have pointedly warned that the Comstock Act could be exploited if Congress doesn’t act.
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