Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration, calls for the Justice Department to start enforcing the Comstock Act of 1873. The old law bans the mailing of “anything designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion,” which could include medical instruments.
“The people of Florida aren’t stupid — they can figure things out,” Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz said. “People can see for themselves whether it’s too broad or vague.”
The bill presented to the state legislature proposes that fertilized eggs, embryos and fetuses should be considered people with the same rights as those already born.
“Thousands of girls and women in states that banned abortion experienced rape-related pregnancy, but few (if any) obtained in-state abortions legally, suggesting that rape exceptions fail to provide reasonable access to abortion for survivors,” the study stated.
During Tuesday’s event, the president and vice president highlighted several new measures the administration is taking to strengthen reproductive health care access, criticized extreme abortion bans, and highlighted the stakes of the 2024 election for reproductive rights.
The extreme right-wing attacks on reproductive health care have already had dire consequences. This adds up to a very dismal picture for women of childbearing age.
Democratic Rep. Anna Eskamani called the proposed measure “extreme and unhinged."
