Vance co-signed letter on Comstock Act, abortion pills [TRUE]
Vance co-signed letter on Comstock Act, abortion pills [TRUE]
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said she isn’t buying the Republican presidential ticket’s position on abortion. NB
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Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, joined about 40 other Republicans in 2023 to send the U.S. Justice Department a letter urging it to enforce the Comstock Act to crack down on abortion pills.
The 1873 law bars the mailing of "obscene" materials used in abortions. Republicans have tried to revive it to limit or ban mailing abortion pills.
The Republicans’ letter challenged the department’s interpretation of the law and demanded that it shut down all mailing of abortion medication.
Feels like their real goal here is to degrade the rule of law by stretching definitions until words no longer have meaning, so they can do and buy anything they want.
When confronted about voting against protections for IVF, Vance said he voted for religious liberty.
So from that we can see that his definition of liberty is the ability to tell other people what they can and can't do.
If the Republicans ever get to weigh in on what is "obscene" and therefore can't be mailed (according to this 150 yo law), then say goodbye to ordering sex toys, lingerie, books with LGBTQ+ content, etc, in addition to abortion pills.
Honestly, I don't expect it to stop there. Traditional art favored by an ethnic group they want to jail key people from... Now it's "obscene".