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Statutes of Limitation w/ Melissa Gira Grant (Unlocked)

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The Implications of the Comstock Act on Abortion

A recent court ruling attempting to limit abortion through criminalizing and blocking access to the abortion drug Miffapristone. The case could open the door to essentially a federal abortion ban by leveraging this 1873 federal anti-absinity law called the Comstock Act, which we're also going to spend a lot of time talking about today. "It is so hard to even talk about what's going on with abortion right now," says writer Roxanne Jones. 'I actually think that there's a conversation really worth having'

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