After months of avoiding specifics, Trump told CBS News that he would not use the 150-year-old Comstock Act to ban mail delivery of the drugs if elected in November.
Said Trump: “The federal government should have nothing to do with this issue.”
Politico: “Many prominent conservatives and anti-abortion activists were outraged by the remark, calling it ‘nonsensical’ and ‘cowardly,’ and warning that it could dampen turnout and enthusiasm on the right heading into a close election.”