"Trump Signals Support for 16-Week Abortion Ban to Allies"

Allies of former President Donald Trump are devising sweeping and legally sophisticated plans to restrict abortion rights if he returns to power, including using the long-dormant Comstock Act from 1873 to criminalize the shipping of materials used in abortions. Some of these proposals aim to go beyond a national ban or laws enacted in conservative states, and anti-abortion strategists have been purposefully quiet about their plans due to the political liability the issue has become for Republicans.