The Comstock Mindset w/ Melissa Gira Grant (03/28/24)

Death Panel

English - March 29, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 69.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 469 ratings
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Beatrice and Abby speak with Melissa Gira Grant about this week’s oral arguments in a Supreme Court case that could dramatically limit the availability of medication abortion in the US, and the Comstock Act, the 19th century obscenity law looming over the case.

Transcript forthcoming.

Find Melissa’s article in the New Republic, “Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion” here:
https://newrepublic.com/article/180153/alito-thomas-comstock-act-abortion

More info on ComstockCon here:
https://www.comstockcon.com/

Find our episode on the Comstock Act, “Statutes of Limitation” from last year, here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/statutes-of-w-04-81971897

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here:
https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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