The lawsuit over abortion pill mifepristone has raised an explosive question: is the mailing of *all* abortion drugs banned under the 1873 Comstock Act?
If so, Comstock could lead to a nationwide abortion ban.
We dug into the Comstock Act, and found a revelation about author Anthony Comstock: he thought his law supported some abortions.
https://dandiamond.substack.com/p/how-we-discovered-breaking-history?utm_campaign=reaction&utm_medium=email&utm_source=substack&utm_content=post
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