Pass the Stop Comstock Act

The Comstock Act, an 1873 law never repealed, bans mailing anything intended for producing abortion.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked September 24, 2026.

The explainer behind this letter Comstock Act The 1873 law that could be used to ban mailing abortion pills

The Letter

Subject Cosponsor the Stop Comstock Act, H.R. 2029 and S. 951

A law from 1873 should not decide whether my family can get medicine in the mail.

The Comstock Act bans mailing anything "intended for producing abortion." It sat unused for about 50 years after Roe, but it was never repealed. In May, Justice Thomas wrote that it makes mailing abortion pills a crime. The Justice Department's 2022 opinion says otherwise, but a future administration could drop that opinion and start prosecuting doctors and pharmacies in every state, including states where abortion is legal. The same pills are used to manage miscarriage.

If lawmakers want to change abortion policy, they should debate it and vote on it in the open, not let a forgotten statute do it for them.

Please cosponsor the Stop Comstock Act, H.R. 2029 and S. 951, and take this language off the books.

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I'm calling to ask my members of Congress to cosponsor the Stop Comstock Act, H.R. 2029 and S. 951.
The Comstock Act is an 1873 law that bans mailing anything intended for producing abortion. It was never repealed.
In May, Justice Thomas wrote that it makes mailing abortion pills a crime. A future Justice Department could start prosecuting doctors and pharmacies in every state.
Please cosponsor the bill and take this language off the books.

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The Facts Behind the Ask

1873 Year the Comstock Act passed; its abortion-mailing language was never repealed (source)
May 14, 2026 Justice Thomas, dissenting, wrote that mailing mifepristone violates the Comstock Act (source)
Dec 2022 Justice Department opinion: mailing abortion drugs is not a crime without intent of unlawful use (source)
146 House cosponsors of H.R. 2029; referred to committee March 11, 2025, no action since (source)

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