Carter Sherman

Because even abortion clinics rely on the mail, right?

They receive things that they need to do their job through the mail.

That's how they can get ultrasound machine equipment.

That's how they can get vacuum aspirators.

That's how they can get gloves.

So the Comstock Act, if it came back to life, could effectively result in a de facto nationwide abortion ban.

No, this is a great question because I have to be honest, when the Trump administration came back into power, I was prepared to be writing stories about the Comstock Act being in effect and what that would mean for the American people.

When Roe was first overturned, Joe Biden was obviously in office.

He was the president and his Department of Justice put out some guidance that basically said we are not going to be enforcing the Comstock Act except in some very narrow circumstances.

The Trump administration could overturn that guidance.

Would people sue over it?

Probably.

But they could make that call.

And so the question has been, really, since Trump came back into power, why hasn't he done so?

And the thing is that Trump has really tried to run away from the issue of abortion.

And so it's very possible that the reason we don't see a revived Comstock Act right now today is because Trump really doesn't want to talk about this issue.

Abortion rights are incredibly popular.

He knows it.

The Republican Party knows it.

And Trump, I don't think, really cares all that much about abortion.