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For anti-abortion activists in Montana, next steps are unclear
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Overturn of Roe shifts Montana abortion debates to state courts
Montana Republicans want to limit abortion access. It won’t be easy.
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What’s in a name change for Montana’s leading abortion access group?
Abortion clinics sue state over new restrictions on Medicaid coverage
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State says it will implement restrictions on Medicaid funding for abortions
A new state health department rule will add red-tape for Montanans seeking to use their Medicaid benefits to cover abortions, a long-debated policy the state’s Republican administration has said is a proper and legal restriction on state funds.
Bill would enshrine abortion rights in state law
A bill introduced this week in the Montana Legislature flipped the typical script for hearings on abortion access: Instead of opposing restrictive bills, reproductive rights advocates lined up to support legislation they said would uphold privacy protections by codifying legal abortion in state law. Opponents urged lawmakers to vote down the bill, calling it “radical”…
Abortion privacy bill clears major vote on Senate floor
A bill to statutorily define Montana’s constitutional right to privacy as not including the right to abortion passed a key vote in the Senate chamber Wednesday, leaving one more hurdle before it can continue its trajectory to a House committee.
Dozens testify against new rules for Medicaid-eligible abortions
Medical providers, former patients and other opponents presented a wave of testimony Thursday against the state health department’s proposed rule change that would add requirements for an abortion to be covered by Medicaid, including submitting patient medical information to prove a procedure is medically necessary.
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