WE SAY NO AND HELL NO (to abortion bans and foodborne illness)! Just like the bad airport pulled pork that Ben ate last week, the Comstock Act is making us f*cking sick. This week we’re covering Anthony Comstock in all his 1873-world-we-inhabit muttonchops glory, the freaks trying to revive nineteenth century morality/obscenity laws, and the ethics and dangers of meat from LaGuardia... still, we have nothing but respect for (queen) Kathy Hochul. So if you’re also pro-choice and anti-airport food, we hope you enjoy this week’s “short” episode!! Don’t forget to follow us on Threads (yes we’re serious) to catch the real unfiltered Abby & Ben :)
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SOURCES:
Beck, Andrew. 2024. “Anti-Abortion Extremists Want to Use the 150-Year-Old Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Nationwide.” ACLU. May 30. https://www.aclu.org/news/reproductive-freedom/anti-abortion-extremists-want-to-use-the-150-year-old-comstock-act-to-ban-abortion-nationwide
Cheung, Kylie. 2025. “Trump Effectively Greenlights Anti-Abortion Violence.” Jezebel. January 27. https://www.jezebel.com/trump-effectively-greenlights-anti-abortion-violence
Felix, Mabel, Laurie Sobel, and Alina Salganicoff. 2024. “The Comstock Act: Implications for Abortion Care Nationwide.” KFF. April 15. https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/the-comstock-act-implications-for-abortion-care-nationwide/
GLADD. 2025. “Still No Meeting for Trans Leaders at the New York Times.” GLAAD | GLAAD Rewrites the Script for LGBTQ Acceptance. February 13. https://glaad.org/no-meeting-trans-leaders-new-york-times/
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 2024. “The Threat to Abortion Rights You Haven’t Heard Of,” July 8. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/how-the-comstock-act-threatens-abortion-rights
Luthra, Shefali. 2024. “The 19th Explains: What Is the Comstock Act?” The 19th. June 20. https://19thnews.org/2024/03/what-is-the-comstock-act/
“What Is the Comstock Act?” 2025. Reproductive Freedom for All. February 27. https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/resources/comstock-the-1873-law-that-could-lead-to-a-national-ban-on-abortion/
