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H.R. 2029119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Mar 11, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 2029 would remove Comstock Act language banning mail or import of abortion pills and contraception, leaving obscenity rules intact.
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HR 2029 would amend federal laws dating to the 1800s, known as the Comstock Act, by removing language that prohibits mailing or importing items related to abortion, contraception, and material labeled indecent or immoral. Rules against mailing or importing obscene material would remain in place. The bill would eliminate a legal argument that has been used to claim federal law can block abortion medication even in states where abortion is legal.
People who receive abortion medication or contraception by mail, healthcare providers who prescribe or ship those items, and pharmacies or companies that distribute them would be most directly affected. Federal agencies and courts interpreting what the government may block at the border or through the postal system could also be affected.
Without this language in federal law, the Comstock Act could no longer be used as a legal basis to block abortion pills or contraception from being mailed or imported into the United States. The bill has been referred to committee in the House and has not yet been voted on.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.