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Statutes of Limitation w/ Melissa Gira Grant (Unlocked)

Jun 16, 2023

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Introduction

2min

Melissa Gira Grant on the Death Panel

2min

The Implications of the Comstock Act on Abortion

4min

The Dobs Ruling and the Ongoing Criminalization of Abortion in the US

5min

Mieffa-Pristone: A Call Back to Victorian Aesthetics

3min

The FDA's Overreach in the Comstock Act

2min

The Importance of Reasoning in a Decision Like Merrick's

5min

The Comstock Act Prohibits the Mailing of Drugs That Are Designed, Manufactured or Intended for Use as Abortion Drugs

2min

The Importance of Understanding the Comstock Act

2min

10.

The Importance of Solidarity

5min

11.

The History of the Comstock Act

3min

12.

The History of the Comstock Act

4min

13.

The Unhelpful Legal History of Abortion

2min

14.

The Biden Administration's Title Nine Clarification

5min

15.

The Comstock Act: A Novel Legal Formation

3min

16.

Comstock's Harlan Crow

4min

17.

The Comstock Violations

5min

18.

The Resurrection of the Status Quo

2min

19.

Eugenics and the Emergence of Consensus

5min

20.

The Victorian Era and the Relationship Between Populations

4min

21.

The Importance of Common Interest

4min

22.

The Inadvertent Alliance of Anthony Comstock and Margaret Sanger

4min

23.

The Progress Narrative of Sex Is Always Rearranging Itself

2min

24.

The Importance of Political Education in the United States

3min

25.

The Consequences of Restricting Reproduction

4min

26.

The Immediate Fallout of Roe and the Supreme Court

2min

27.

The Loss of Political Will to Stick Their Necks Out on This Issue

6min

28.

The Long 19th Century Thesis

5min

29.

The New Republic: A Conversation With Melissa Jira

6min

This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Bea and Jules speak with Melissa Gira Grant about the medication abortion case that made its way to the Supreme Court last week, and discuss the long and sordid history of the Comstock Act, a 19th century “anti-obscenity” law that continues to shape the modern US state’s regulation of sexuality. Melissa Gira Grant is a staff writer at The New Republic and the author of Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work and the forthcoming book A Woman Is Against the Law: Sex, Race, and the Limits of Justice in America. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod