One of the jobs of the United States Postal Service (USPS) is to “prevent the flow of illicit drugs and contraband through the mail stream” and to “eliminate the mailing of opioids and other illicit drugs and it works closely with other law enforcement agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to share intelligence, coordinate cases and conduct joint enforcement operations” according to its website (emphasis added).
Since that website also clearly states, “The Postal Inspection Service enforces over 200 federal statutes related to crimes that involve the postal system, its employees, and its customers” (emphasis added), then it stands to reason that the USPS should enforce the Federal Comstock Act — which is also a federal statute. A report published by Americans United for Life (AUL) and Live Action explains, “A key focus of the Act was a national prohibition on the sale and shipment of abortion drugs and devices through the U.S. Mail.”
A separate AUL report explained Comstock further, noting, “Two statutes—18 U.S.C. §§ 1461–1462—restrict mailing or shipping abortifacient matter…. Section 1461 contains a mail-order abortion rule that restricts mailing abortifacient matter through the United States Postal Service (“USPS”). 18 U.S.C. § 1462… contains a mail-order abortion rule that prohibits the shipment of abortifacient matter through express companies, common carriers, or interactive computer services. Although 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461–62 originated in nineteenth century statutes, Congress regularly has amended and reaffirmed the laws throughout their statutory history. Congress also has bolstered the laws through U.S.C. § 552, which requires federal officers to comply with the prohibition on mailing abortifacients” (emphasis added).
- The Comstock Act (federal law) already restricts the shipment or mailing of “abortifacient matter through express companies, common carriers, or interactive computer services.”
- There are indications that those in charge of enforcing the law at USPS may be choosing to ignore it out of partisanship.
- Illegal abortion pill syndicates are flooding the U.S. with abortion drugs, as domestic groups advise women to lie about their true locations in order to get the pills through the mail.
- Investigations into the shipping of abortion drugs are possible — and a drug-sniffing dog proved it.
- Sometimes it takes years of complaints before investigations are launched.
- Both the U.S. Postal Service as well as other governmental authorities can be contacted regarding the problem of shipping abortion pills through the mail or other common carriers in violation of federal law. […]
— Read More: www.liveaction.org
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