Jonathan Mitchell and Mark Lee Dixon's Plan to Revive the Comstock Act

The Comstock Act is a law from 1873 named for anti-vise crusader Anthony Comstock. He worked with Jonathan Mitchell, the architect of Texas' six-week abortion ban. John Avlon: They are hoping that they will get enough legal cases in the air that it entices the Supreme Court to tackle head on the question whether the Comstock Act and its literal reading based on the text of the law is still enforced.Avlon: If the Supreme Court decides to take them at their word, this would result in a total nationwide abortion ban because providers would not be able to operate if they can't get abortion related paraphernalia and devices.