The cold dead hand of Anthony Comstock is about to fall on America's women.

Yesterday's Supreme Court session was a loud and persistent warning.

America needs to pay attention.

During oral arguments, the Comstock Act was invoked repeatedly by Sam Alito,

Clarence Thomas, and Aaron Hawley, the wife of Republican Senator Josh Hawley,

who was arguing before the court that the abortion

drug Miffa Pristan should be banned nationwide. Now that it's fairly clear

the sad doctor's argument before the court yesterday was so pathetically weak they can't use it to

ban miff a pristone. Anti-abortion activists are talking about finding a case they

can push up to the court next year that will allow it to ban all abortions in the nation and most birth control pills and

devices as a bonus.

How do they plan to do it?

With the Comstock Act.

You can see and hear the setup of this future court case in yesterday's arguments.

Justice Sam Alito said this Comstock Act is a

first is a prominent provision. It's not some obscure subsection of a

complicated obscure law. Everybody in this field knew about it.

Eric Hawley was emphatic. We don't think there is any case of this court that empowers

FDA to ignore other federal law. The Comstock Act says that drugs should not be mailed,

either through the mail or through common carriers.

And Clarence Thomas laid out the possibility of future litigation

when he essentially threatened the lawyer for Danko Laboratories, the manufacturer of Miff Prstone.

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