Laura Helmuth on Nostr: Comstock established a theocratic surveillance system with abusive police powers to ...

Comstock established a theocratic surveillance system with abusive police powers to persecute people for sharing information about sex, and now the Comstock Act is being used to restrict abortion. Dems in House & Senate are finally trying to overhaul it. Important history from Annalee Newitz 🍜 (npub1hhs…rl5g) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-19th-century-obscenity-law-is-still-restricting-peoples-reproductive-rights/