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New York, NY, Dec. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Globalink Investment Inc. (Nasdaq: GLLI, GLLIW, GLLIR, GLLIU) (“ Globalink ” or the “ Company ”), a special purpose acquisition company, announced today that on December 5, 2024, it caused to be deposited $60,000 (the “ Extension Payment ”) into its trust account (the “ Trust Account ”) with Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company (“ Continental ”) to extend the deadline to complete its initial business combination from December 9, 2024 to January 9, 2025. The extension is the eighteenth extension since the consummation of the Company’s initial public offering on December 9, 2021, and the first of up to six extensions permitted under the Company’s governing documents currently in effect. About Globalink Investment Inc. Globalink is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Although there is no restriction or limitation on what industry or geographic region, Globalink intends to pursue targets in North America, Europe, South East Asia, and Asia (excluding China, Hong Kong and Macau) in the medical technology and green energy industry. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbor created thereby. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “outlook,” “guidance” or the negative of those terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of the Company’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause future events to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, many of which are outside of the Company’s control. These factors include, but are not limited to, a variety of risk factors affecting the Company’s business and prospects, see the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on April 2, 2024 and the prospectus filed with the SEC on December 6, 2021 and subsequent reports filed with the SEC, as amended from time to time. Any forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Globalink Contact: Say Leong Lim Globalink Investment Inc. Telephone: +6012 405 0015 Email: sllim@globalinkinvestment.com
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The head of the British Museum said Wednesday any deal with Greece to loan the prized Parthenon Marbles to Athens was "still some distance" away, as Greek authorities insist on their permanent return. Expectations have grown this week that a deal is imminent to send the ancient friezes back to Greece, easing a decades-long dispute over them which has soured UK-Greek ties. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Downing Street on Tuesday, just as the British Museum confirmed it has been holding "constructive" talks with Athens. A day later, museum chairman George Osborne reiterated the London institution was exploring an "arrangement where at some point some of the sculptures are in Athens", in return for Greece lending "some of its treasures". "We made a lot of progress on that, but we're still some distance from any kind of agreement," he said on a political podcast he co-hosts. But Osborne -- a former UK finance minister -- appeared eager to dampen expectations that any loan deal was imminent, noting he was speaking from New York and not the British capital. "I would be in London if we were on the verge of reaching an agreement with Greece around the Parthenon sculptures," he added. Meanwhile comments from Athens suggest the two sides are still far apart. On Monday, Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis insisted the country will not "back down" on its "ownership" claims. It echoes the stance of Greece's culture minister Lina Mendoni, who said a year ago that "we are in no way talking about a loan". The Parthenon Marbles, also called the Elgin Marbles, have been a source of contention between Britain and Greece for over two centuries. Greek authorities maintain that the sculptures were looted in 1802 by Lord Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. London claims that the sculptures were "legally acquired" by Elgin and then sold to the British Museum. The issue overshadowed Mitsotakis's last official visit to Britain, when Starmer's predecessor Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting at the last minute after the Greek leader's public comments about it reportedly irked the UK side. Osborne suggested Wednesday he had been given a freer hand by the Labour government elected in July. "Keir Starmer has said this is very much a matter for the trustees of the British Museum, who are independent of the government," he said. "It seems to me a more sensible and diplomatic way to proceed." A 1963 UK law prevents the British museum from giving away treasures, but it has about 1,400 objects on long-term loan at other museums every year. Critics have warned that moving the Marbles could set a precedent for other UK museums holding contentious items from around the world. Sunder Katwala, director of the British Future think tank, said the UK "legal constraints" meant "case-by-case exploration of partnerships... is where the sector is going to go." "I think this particular issue is of a lot greater interest in Greece than in Britain," he noted of the friezes, adding the Starmer government appeared "agnostic" about their return. Outside the British Museum, Britons and tourists appeared weary of the complex issue but willing to let the friezes go. "I can see why the Greeks want them back, but it's definitely complicated," said Helge Bugge, 39, a physician from Norway. "Probably the most important part would be their conservation," he added. "If that's ensured in the original country, then I suppose they should have them back." Businessman Nick Ward, 50, visiting the museum with his young daughter, mused that a loan was probably a "good interim" measure. "We've probably had them long enough," he said, adding: "I think there are bigger problems in the world." But Greek tourist Ioannis Papazachariou, 36, a museum worker in Athens, had refused to tour the London institution with his girlfriend over the Marbles. "We think that they are stolen," he told AFP as he waited for her to emerge. Papazachariou was sceptical a loan deal would materialise anytime soon, predicting it would take "many years". "The British Museum is not going to accept that the marbles are stolen, right? "We asked the British to give us the Marbles, I think, in 1970. It's too many years." jj/pdh/rlpNone
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia's decades-long cinema ban. Eight years later, the landscape for film in the kingdom looks much different — and the star of “My Driver and I” now has an award. Roula Dakheelallah was named the winner of the Chopard Emerging Saudi Talent award at the Red Sea International Film Festival on Thursday. The award — and the glitzy festival itself — is a sign of Saudi Arabia's commitment to shaping a new film industry. “My heart is attached to cinema and art; I have always dreamed of a moment like this,” Dakheelallah, who still works a 9-5 job, told The Associated Press before the awards ceremony. “I used to work in voluntary films and help my friends in the field, but this is my first big role in a film.” The reopening of cinemas in 2018 marked a cultural turning point for Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy that had instituted the ban 35 years before, under the influence of ultraconservative religious authorities. It has since invested heavily in a native film industry by building theaters and launching programs to support local filmmakers through grants and training. The Red Sea International Film Festival was launched just a year later, part of an attempt to expand Saudi influence into films, gaming, sports and other cultural fields. Activists have decried the investments as whitewashing the kingdom’s human rights record as it tightly controls speech and remains one of the world’s top executioners. With FIFA awarding the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia this week, Lina al-Hathloul, a Saudi activist with the London-based rights group ALQST, said Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman “has really managed to create this bubble where people only see entertainment and they don’t see the reality on the ground.” These efforts are part of Vision 2030, an ambitious reform plan unveiled in 2016 to ease the economy's dependence on oil. As part of it, Saudi Arabia plans to construct 350 cinemas with over 2,500 movie screens — by this past April, across 22 cities, it already had 66 cinemas showing movies from the local film industry, as well as Hollywood and Bollywood. (The Red Sea International Film Festival attracts a host of talent from the latter industries, with Viola Davis and Priyanka Chopra Jonas also picking up awards Thursday.) The country's General Entertainment Authority last month opened Al Hisn Studios on the outskirts of Riyadh. As one of the largest such production hubs in the Middle East, it not only includes several film studios but also a production village with workshops for carpentry, blacksmithing and fashion tailoring. “These facilities, when they exist, will stimulate filmmakers,” said Saudi actor Mohammed Elshehri. “Today, no writer or director has an excuse to imagine and say, ‘I cannot implement my imagination.’” The facilities are one part of the equation — the content itself is another. One of the major players in transforming Saudi filmmaking has been Telfaz11, a media company founded in 2011 that began as a YouTube channel and quickly became a trailblazer. Producing high-quality digital content such as short films, comedy sketches and series, Telfaz11 offered fresh perspectives on Saudi and regional issues. In 2020, Telfaz11 signed a partnership with Netflix to produce original content for the streaming giant. The result has been movies that demonstrate an evolution on the storytelling level, tackling topics that were once off-limits and sensitive to the public like secret nightlife in “Mandoob” (“Night Courier”) and changing social norms in “Naga.” “I think we tell our stories in a very simple way, and that’s what reaches the world,” Elshehri says of the changing shift. “When you tell your story in a natural way without any affectation, it will reach every person.” But the films were not without their critics, drawing mixed reaction. Social media discoursed ranged from pleasure that Saudi film were tackling such topics to anger over how the films reflected conservative society. As Hana Al-Omair, a Saudi writer and director, points out, there are still many stories left untold. “We certainly have a long time ahead of us before we can tell the Saudi narrative as it should be,” she said, acknowledging that there are still barriers and rampant censorship. “The Goat Life,” a Malayalam-language movie about an Indian man forced to work without pay in Saudi Arabia, is not available on Netflix's platform in the country. Movies that explore political topics or LGBTQ+ stories are essentially out of the question. Even “My Driver and I,” featured at the Red Sea festival alongside 11 other Saudi feature-length films, was initially too controversial. It centers on a Sudanese man in Jeddah, living away from his own daughter, who feels responsible for the girl he drives as her parents are absent. It was initially blocked from being made because of the relationship between the girl and the driver, filmmaker Ahd Kamel has said, even though it's not a romantic relationship. Now in 2024, the film is a success story — a symbol of the Saudi film industry's evolution as well as the growing role of women like Kamel behind the camera and Dakheelallah in front of it. “I see the change in Saudi cinema, a very beautiful change and it is moving at a wonderful speed. In my opinion, we do not need to rush,” Dakheelallah said. “We need to guide the truth of the artistic movement that is happening in Saudi Arabia.” Baraa Anwer, The Associated PressBlack Friday Streaming Deals: Read the Fine Print First
WASHINGTON — A top White House official said Wednesday at least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of nations were impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign. Deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger offered new details about the breadth of the sprawling Chinese hacking campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. A top White House official on Wednesday said at least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File) Neuberger divulged the scope of the hack a day after the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued guidance intended to help root out the hackers and prevent similar cyberespionage in the future. White House officials cautioned that the number of telecommunication firms and countries impacted could grow. The U.S. believes the hackers were able to gain access to communications of senior U.S. government officials and prominent political figures through the hack, Neuberger said. “We don’t believe any classified communications has been compromised,” Neuberger added during a call with reporters. She added that Biden was briefed on the findings and the White House “made it a priority for the federal government to do everything it can to get to the bottom this.” US officials recommend encrypted messaging apps amid "Salt Typhoon" cyberattack, attributed to China, targeting AT&T, Verizon, and others. The Chinese embassy in Washington rejected the accusations that it was responsible for the hack Tuesday after the U.S. federal authorities issued new guidance. “The U.S. needs to stop its own cyberattacks against other countries and refrain from using cyber security to smear and slander China,” embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu said. The embassy did not immediately respond to messages Wednesday. White House officials believe the hacking was regionally targeted and the focus was on very senior government officials. Federal authorities confirmed in October that hackers linked to China targeted the phones of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, along with people associated with Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris. The number of countries impacted by the hack is currently believed to be in the “low, couple dozen,” according to a senior administration official. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity under rules set by the White House, said they believed the hacks started at least a year or two ago. The suggestions for telecom companies released Tuesday are largely technical in nature, urging encryption, centralization and consistent monitoring to deter cyber intrusions. If implemented, the security precautions could help disrupt the operation, dubbed Salt Typhoon, and make it harder for China or any other nation to mount a similar attack in the future, experts say. Trump's pick to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation Kash Patel was allegedly the target of cyberattack attempt by Iranian-backed hackers. Neuberger pointed to efforts made to beef up cybersecurity in the rail, aviation, energy and other sectors following the May 2021 ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline . “So, to prevent ongoing Salt Typhoon type intrusions by China, we believe we need to apply a similar minimum cybersecurity practice,” Neuberger said. The cyberattack by a gang of criminal hackers on the critical U.S. pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel used along the Eastern Seaboard, sent ripple effects across the economy, highlighting cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the nation’s aging energy infrastructure. Colonial confirmed it paid $4.4 million to the gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems as it scrambled to get the nation's fuel pipeline back online. Picture this: You're on vacation in a city abroad, exploring museums, tasting the local cuisine, and people-watching at cafés. Everything is going perfectly until you get a series of alerts on your phone. Someone is making fraudulent charges using your credit card, sending you into a panic. How could this have happened? Cyberattacks targeting travelers are nothing new. But as travel has increased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, so has the volume of hackers and cybercriminals preying upon tourists. Financial fraud is the most common form of cybercrime experienced by travelers, but surveillance via public Wi-Fi networks, social media hacking, and phishing scams are also common, according to a survey by ExpressVPN . Spokeo consulted cybersecurity sources and travel guides to determine some of the best ways to protect your phone while traveling, from using a VPN to managing secure passwords. Online attacks are not the only type of crime impacting travelers—physical theft of phones is also a threat. Phones have become such invaluable travel aids, housing our navigation tools, digital wallets, itineraries, and contacts, that having your phone stolen, lost, or compromised while abroad can be devastating. Meanwhile, traveling can make people uniquely vulnerable to both cyber and physical attacks due to common pitfalls like oversharing on social media and letting your guard down when it comes to taking risks online. Luckily, there are numerous precautions travelers can take to safeguard against cyberattacks and phone theft. Hackers can—and do—target public Wi-Fi networks at cafés and hotels to gain access to your personal information or install malware onto your device, particularly on unsecured networks. Travelers are especially vulnerable to these types of cybersecurity breaches because they are often more reliant on public Wi-Fi than they would be in their home countries where they have more robust phone plans. This reliance on public, unsecured networks means travelers are more likely to use those networks to perform sensitive tasks like financial transfers, meaning hackers can easily gain access to banking information or other passwords. One easy way to safeguard yourself against these breaches is to use a virtual private network, or VPN, while traveling. VPNs are apps that encrypt your data and hide your location, preventing hackers from accessing personal information. An added bonus is that VPNs allow you to access websites that may be blocked or unavailable in the country you are visiting. To use a VPN, simply download a VPN app on your phone or computer, create an account, choose a server, and connect. Pickpockets, scammers, and flagrant, snatch-your-phone-right-out-of-your-hand thieves can be found pretty much everywhere. In London, for instance, a staggering 91,000 phones were reported stolen to police in 2022 , breaking down to an average of 248 per day, according to the BBC. Whether you're visiting a crowded tourist attraction or just want peace of mind, travel experts advise taking precautions to make sure your phone isn't physically stolen or compromised while traveling. There are several antitheft options to choose from. If you want a bag that will protect your phone from theft, experts recommend looking for features like slash-resistant fabric, reinforced shoulder straps, hidden zippers that can be locked, and secure attachment points, like a cross-body strap or a sturdy clip. For tethers, look for those made of tear-resistant material with a reinforced clip or ring. If your phone falls into the wrong hands, there's a good chance you won't be getting it back. Out of those 91,000 phones stolen in London in 2022, only 1,915 (or about 2%) were recovered. The good news is that you can take precautions to make the loss of your phone less devastating by backing up your data before you travel. With backed-up data, you can acquire a new device and still access your photos, contacts, messages, and passwords. Moreover, if you have "Find My Device" or "Find My Phone" enabled, you can remotely wipe your stolen phone's data so the thief cannot access it. It's safest to back up your data to a hard drive and not just the cloud. That way, if you have to wipe your device, you don't accidentally erase the backup, too. Strong passwords for important accounts help protect your information while you travel, but it's just a first step. The National Cybersecurity Alliance recommends creating long, unique, and complex passwords for every account and combining them with multifactor authentication to create maximum barriers to entry. If you're worried about remembering these passwords, password managers can be a vital tool for both creating and storing strong passwords. Password managers are apps that act as secure vaults for all your passwords. Some even come with a feature that allows you to temporarily delete sensitive passwords before you travel and then easily restore them once you return. Story editing by Mia Nakaji Monnier. Additional editing by Kelly Glass. Copy editing by Tim Bruns. Photo selection by Lacy Kerrick. 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When Russian scientists released a pair of orphaned Amur tiger cubs into the wild in a remote corner of Russia’s far-east in 2014, they were trying to save a species. While the tigers, sometimes called Siberian tigers and the world’s largest big cats, remain endangered, the scientists created something else: an unlikely love story. The cubs, Boris and Svetlaya, had been rescued from the wild as unrelated three- to five-month-old cubs in the Sikhote-Alin mountains, the animals’ main stronghold. They grew up in captivity and were released at 18 months old. The cats were separated by more than 160 kilometres with the goal of expanding the distribution of released tigers as much as possible in the Pri-Amur region along Russia’s border with China. Amur tigers Boris and Svetlaya, observed by a trail camera in 2018. Credit: ANO WCS/The New York Times The scientists tracked the cubs until, more than a year after their release, something strange happened: Boris walked more than 200 kilometres, almost in a straight line, to where Svetlaya had made a home. Six months later, Svetlaya gave birth to a litter of cubs. While the strategy of releasing rescued cats raised in captivity to restore populations in the wild had proven successful with the Iberian lynx in Spain, it had never been tried with big cats. But scientists working with the Wildlife Conservation Society say in a study published in the Journal of Wildlife Management that the successful release of rescued cubs like Boris and Svetlaya may, for the first time, become a viable option for restoring wild tigers to their historical range. Loading Estimates of the number of tigers left in Russia range from 485 to 750. But researchers say that the Russia-China border area, including the Pri-Amur area where Boris and Svetlaya live, could support hundreds more of the animals. The reunited cats were not the project’s only successful reintroductions. Two hunters had found another female, Zolushka (or “Cinderella” in Russian), in a snow drift a few years earlier. After the conservationists returned her to the wild, an unknown male tiger showed up on a camera trap near where Zolushka had been released. In such a vast area, it was an encounter of extraordinary good fortune. “Cinderella’s prince showed up and they lived happily ever after,” said Dale Miquelle, lead tiger scientist for the Wildlife Conservation Society and an author of the study. Zolushka and the male also produced a litter of cubs, the first known cubs to be born in that area since the 1970s. Kolya Rybin, one of the authors of the study, examining the cub Boris, after capture and immobilisation. Credit: The New York Times In all, Russian scientists raised 13 orphaned Siberian tiger cubs in captivity, avoiding any contact between the growing cubs and their human caretakers to prepare them for life in the wild. The team gradually introduced the cubs to live prey so they could learn how to hunt. Also critical to the success was the timing of the cubs’ release: during spring when prey was plentiful. One male cub failed the test of freedom. He wandered into China and preyed on domestic animals, including 13 goats in one shed in a single night. Russian scientists recaptured the young male and sent him to a captive-breeding program at a zoo. But the remaining 12 proved they were able to hunt wild prey and to survive as well as wild tigers that had never spent time in captivity. As the Pri-Amur population grows, the Russian-American team hopes it can join up with other tigers, including across the border in China. “The grand vision is that this whole area would be connected,” said Luke Hunter, executive director of the Big Cats Program at the Wildlife Conservation Society. “There’s lots of habitat that could be recolonised by tigers.” With so much potential habitat across Asia – a 2023 study found there was about 700,000 square kilometres of potentially suitable habitat across Asia where tigers remained absent – the implications of this success are wide-ranging. “These results indicate that it is possible to care for young cubs in a semi-captive environment, teach them how to hunt and to release them back into the wild,” said Viatcheslav Rozhnov, former director of the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences and leader of the reintroduction project. “These findings provide a pathway for returning tigers to large parts of Asia where habitat still exists but where tigers have been lost.” The Russian-American team hopes that it can join up with other tigers, including across the border in China. Credit: naturepl.com / Edwin Giesbers/WWF And just as Boris and Svetlaya’s unlikely partnership has proved critical to the project’s success, the Russian and American scientists hope their efforts may be a model for international conservation co-operation. “It’s a testimony to how really good things can happen when you start working collaboratively irrespective of nationality and politics,” Miquelle said. This article originally appeared in The New York Times . Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. Sign up for our weekly What in the World newsletter . Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Wildlife Russia For subscribers Animals Most Viewed in World LoadingAnti-abortion activists want Donald Trump in his second term to enforce a 150-year-old law they believe would be the next best thing to nationwide abortion ban, and have started gaming out how it would work. The president-elect walked a fine line on abortion during the campaign, two years after Republicans faced electoral backlash over the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the case that guaranteed reproductive rights across the country. On the trail, Trump argued that abortion was a state's issue, and that each state should be able to make their own laws surrounding how, when and if to restrict the procedure. He pushed back on calls for a national ban pushed by many anti-abortion advocates, as well as attacks from Harris that he would enact more sweeping abortion bans if elected. But now that Trump is on the precipice of returning to the White House, anti-abortion activists are hoping that even if a national ban is off the table, he will use his sweeping executive authority to further limit abortion access in the U.S. One way they see that happening is through the enforcement of the Comstock Act, a 19th century law that bans sending "lewd materials" such as pornography by mail. Parts of Comstock have been repealed or overturned over the years, though provisions related to abortion remain on the books. Comstock is what's known as a "zombie" law — a piece of legislation that may be dormant but is still technically enforceable — that could be used to end the availability of medication abortion, the most common type of abortion in the country or restrict the delivery of medical instruments and supplies used in abortions. While Trump hasn't suggested he plans to enforce Comstock, some reproductive right advocates have warned this could lead to what essentially amounts to a nationwide abortion ban. The Comstock Act was first enacted in 1872 and named after the anti-vice activist Anthony Comstock, a key proponent of the law. Initially passed as part of the anti-pornography movement, its use was extended to abortion and contraceptive material over the years. However, it hasn't been enforced for decades, due to the 1973 Roe decision overturned by the court in the 2022 decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Enforcement over the next four years may come down to Trump's attorney general. He last week said he plans to nominate former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to the position . Bondi has a record of opposing abortion but has not said whether she plans to enforce the Comstock Act. Former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade told Newsweek on Monday that the law would "apply to pills or medical equipment," but noted "delivery of these items by means other than mail could be a lawful workaround." While that may not equate to a nationwide ban, it would "create chaos so that the law is unclear" and have a "chilling effect on healthcare providers," she said. "There is some disagreement as to the scope of the Comstock Act in light of case law and amendments. Some argue that the law is now limited to prohibiting mailing abortion drugs into states where abortion is otherwise unlawful," she said. Anti-Abortion Activists and Trump Have Differing Views on Comstock Anti-abortion groups are hoping the Trump administration will embrace a more wide-reaching interpretation of the law that would have stronger limitations on abortion access, even in states where a broad majority of residents support reproductive rights. The conservative group Students for Life wrote that they hope Bondi will enforce the Comstock Act in a statement released following her nomination. "Make no mistake, Students for Life Action (SFLAction) would love to see a United States Attorney General who is serious about enforcing The Comstock Act . That alone would be a significant blow to the abortion industry and abortion in the nation at large, as it's a law that governs how the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) handles the mailing of abortifacients, intended to end a preborn life," the statement reads. "Between Bondi standing up for life during her tenure as Attorney General in Florida, and the potential for her to actually enforce the Comstock Act , there's a great deal for pro-life organizations like SFLAction to be excited about." Trump indicated that he doesn't plan to enforce the Comstock Act in an August CBS News interview. "No. We will be discussing specifics of it. But generally no, I would not do that," he said when asked about whether he would use Comstock to further regulate abortion access. In response to his comments, anti-abortion activist Lila Rose told Politico he should consider repealing Comstock. "He came out recently and said that he supported access to these deadly abortion drugs, and that is horrific," she said. Newsweek reached out to Trump's transition team for comment via email. Jonathan F. Mitchell, an attorney who has represented Trump, told The New York Times in February that the Comstock Act would be one way for the administration to limit abortion access without passing a federal ban. "We don't need a federal ban when we have Comstock on the books," he said. Even though Republicans will hold a majority in the Senate and House of Representatives, it's unlikely they would have the votes to enact a federal ban. Any national abortion ban would particularly face challenges in the Senate, where the 60-vote filibuster requirement would require Republican senators supportive of reproductive rights, like Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, as well as some number of Democrats to join in voting for such a law. There has been some daylight between Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on the Comstock Act in the past. In January 2023, Vance, who presently serves as an Ohio senator, led other Congressional Republicans in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland criticizing the Biden administration for not enforcing Comstock after the Dobbs decision. "It is disappointing, yet not surprising, that the Biden administration's DOJ has not only abdicated its Constitutional responsibility to enforce the law, but also has once again twisted the plain meaning of the law in an effort to promote the taking of unborn life," the letter read. The Republicans urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to "put the law and your obligation to enforce it above the abortion industry's dangerous and deadly political agenda" and "hold abortionists, pharmacists, international traffickers, and online purveyors, who break the Federal mail-order abortion laws, accountable." Reproductive Right Supporters Aim to Repeal Comstock Act While anti-abortion advocates have pushed for the law's enforcement, supporters of reproductive rights have sought to get rid of the Comstock Act in full. In Congress , there are at least two separate bills aimed at repealing the law. One was introduced by Rep. Cori Bush , a Missouri Democrat who lost her primary election this year , and the other by Rep. Pat Ryan, a New York Democrat. Ryan urged Congress to act on his bill following Trump's victory earlier in November, though it's dead on arrival in the GOP-held House of Representatives. "With the far-right's attacks on women's reproductive freedom only escalating - we have to act now. Congress must pass my Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act & my Stop Comstock Act to safeguard access to safe & effective abortion medication," he posted on social media. In a statement announcing her bill, Bush wrote that "reviving the outdated and obsolete zombie statute" is a Republican plan to "impose a nationwide abortion ban." There would be legal avenues to challenge the Comstock Act if the administration tries to enforce it, McQuade said, including building networks to "work around the statute" which applies only to mail-based delivery. Neama Rahmani, also a former federal prosecutor, told Newsweek that the Biden administration having put out a memo declining to enforce the Comstock Act could be used as a defense for anyone charged under the law in the future. "After Dobbs , the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel issued a memorandum saying that the Comstock Act doesn't prohibit mailing abortion pills because they can be used for non-abortion purposes like miscarriages and the mailers may not have the necessary intent to commit a crime," he said, noting that such a dispute would likely end up in the courts. Steve Aden, chief legal officer and general counsel at Americans United for Life, told Newsweek on Monday that his group is hopeful the Trump administration will reconsider the Biden administration's stance on not enforcing Comstock. "We expect to see them take a long hard look at the Biden administration's careless and reckless promotion of chemical abortion over almost every other policy priority, and especially the wrongheaded and clearly erroneous Office of Legal Counsel memo that whitewashed it all," Aden said.