Comstock

[ kuhm-stok, kom- ]

noun

1. Anthony, 1844–1915, U.S. author and reformer.

Example Sentences

Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case that would have restricted nationwide access to mifepristone, conservative Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas both brought up the Comstock Act.

From Salon

Project 2025 suggests limiting access to mifepristone by reviving a 19th century law called the Comstock Act that prohibits sending abortion-causing agents by mail.

From Los Angeles Times

Later, Anthony Comstock’s crusade to pass the eponymous “anti-obscenity” measures through Congress followed.

From Salon

He could easily create a national ban through executive action using the Comstock Act, a law from the 1800s that bans the mailing of any item that can be used for an abortion.

From Los Angeles Times

I’ve written before about the Comstock Act, an obscure and angry old law that many speculated the Supreme Court justices might dredge up in this mifepristone case.

From Los Angeles Times