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How an obscure 19th Century law is being weaponized against bodily autonomy and abortion rights
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoPackage with boxes of Mifepristone Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images On Tuesday, the U.S....
Supreme Court Conservatives Seem Pretty Intrigued by Law That Could Ban Abortion
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 month agoJustices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are just asking questions about the Comstock Act, a...
The 5th Circuit Is Learning From Its Supreme Court Smackdowns
Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe opinion is best understood as a strategic retreat from a more aggressive position taken by an...
Proposed federal abortion ban evokes 19th-century Comstock Act – a law so unpopular it triggered the...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA sign at a July 2022 abortion-rights protest in Santa Monica, California, recalls the country's...
How Hobby Lobby Could Be Trump’s Reproductive Rights Wrecking Ball
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWhen Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion in Hobby Lobby v. Burwell 10 years ago, he...
Republicans Are Running Scared From Their Own Abortion Positions
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAbout a half-hour before the Supreme Court heard oral arguments last month in the case that’s become...
Core Labs (CLB) Q3 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Sales Meet
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoCore Laboratories CLB reported third-quarter 2022 results, wherein adjusted earnings of 18 cents a...
Democratic senator eyeing bill to repeal Comstock Act
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoCongressional Democrats are strategizing over legislation to repeal the Comstock Act, the...
If You Thought Overturning Roe Was Bad, Get Ready for the Revival of These Victorian Laws
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWhen the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, just months shy of the landmark abortion...
Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dust off 150-year-old Comstock Act to target abortion rights
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Supreme Court is skeptical that anti-abortion activists can threaten abortion pills, but at...