An obscure, 150-year-old morality law has resurfaced in the legal battle over abortion medication

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Anthony Comstock (left) and a cup of pills of mifepristone
A law named for morality crusader Anthony Comstock (left) is being used to argue against abortion medication

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A federal appeals court co-opted anti-abortion terms in its ruling on mifepristone, calling a fetus an 'unborn child'

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Boxes of Mifepristone
Boxes of Mifepristone, an aboriton medication

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