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Congressional Democrats are planning on how to overturn the Comstock Act, the 19th century law targeted by conservative activists to possibly impose a national abortion ban. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) expressed in a New York Times opinion piece on Tuesday her intention to introduce a bill to remove the Comstock Act as a means to restrict reproductive freedom.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that may reinstate restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, the first time abortion rights returned to the justices since the court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. During the arguments, conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito repeatedly invoked the Comstock Act. What is the…