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To: whitney69

The thing is, this law is not for keeping things within California’s borders. Interstate commerce is a federal concern.


23 posted on 09/29/2025 6:29:10 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is goings to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

“Interstate commerce is a federal concern.”

The laws are very misleading concerning the shipping of abortion pills. An older law, the Comstock Act, prohibits the interstate mailing of items intended to cause abortion. However, the Department of Justice has stated that mailing abortion pills does not violate the act if the sender does not know the drugs will be used illegally. And of course that thought would fall under any item being moved for illegal use. Additionally, the Dormant Commerce Clause restricts lawmakers from enacting laws that place an undue burden on interstate commerce. As long as it is being moved for legal use, the feds are hamstrung.

This battle has been going on for a number of years. Here’s a good article on the actions:

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/fact-sheet-justice-department-efforts-protect-reproductive-rights-health-and-justice

wy69


29 posted on 09/29/2025 2:29:06 PM PDT by whitney69
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