Fears grow over Comstock Act, Justices Thomas, Alito

Abortion rights supporters are sounding the alarm that conservative Supreme Court justices want to use a long-dormant law to enforce a nationwide abortion ban.  

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito repeatedly invoked the Comstock Act during oral arguments Tuesday in a case about the constitutionality of the Biden administration's efforts to expand access to mifepristone.  

Alito questioned why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had not contended with the law in its...