Opinion

Texas Judge’s Abortion Pill Ruling Brings Awful 19th Century Law Back to Life

NO CHOICE

References to the Comstock Act are alarmingly, and revealingly, littered throughout Texas federal district court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling.

Shan Wu
Shan Wu
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Shan Wu

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