The bill aiming to repeal the Comstock Act, an 1873 anti-obscenity law, is part of an effort to keep abortion front and center for voters.
    • zabadoh
      102·
      5 months ago

      I was thinking the 72 days they had that fillibuster-proof Senate majority during the Obama presidency.

      Since the Comstock Act would have been obsolete at the time, before Roe v Wade was overturned, it should have been a formality.

      …And they were busy getting ObamaCare passed, for which I am eternally grateful…

      But… Democrats…

      • Coffee Addict@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        I agree they should have codified it. They had since 1973 to do it.

        In the end, I think the dems miscalculated and never thought the republicans would actually kill their golden goose; abortion was a major sticking point for single-issue voters. Hindsight is 20/20.