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The Legal Legacy of the Comstock Act: How a 19th-Century Law Still Threatens Access to Contraception and Abortion Mail

Jan 19 2026 / History & Culture

The Comstock Act of 1873 banned mailing contraceptives and abortion information. Now, over 150 years later, it’s being revived as a tool to restrict abortion access nationwide-even in states where it’s legal. This is how a 19th-century censorship law became a modern threat to reproductive care.