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Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Repeal the Comstock Act
June 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release:

The Stop Comstock Act would repeal 1873 law that could be misused to ban abortion nationwide

Today, U.S.Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and 14 of their Senate colleagues introduced a bill to repeal an 1873 law, called the Comstock Act, that Republicans and anti-choice extremists want to misuse to ban abortion nationwide. Comstock has be . . .

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