The state Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision that a law banning advanced-practice registered nurses from performing early-stage abortions was unconstitutional.
The bill also limits advertising by pregnancy resource centers, which do not offer abortions; rather, they are known to try to talk people out of getting an abortion.
Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday highlighted a package of legislation that will put additional restrictions on abortion access and on taxpayer money being used for abortions.
Directors of women’s health care services at Idaho hospitals are bracing for what’s next: 75 of 117 Idaho OB-GYNs recently surveyed by the Idaho Coalition for Safe Reproductive Health Care said they were considering leaving the state.
Legislative Democrats want Oregon voters to amend the state constitution so equal rights protections include sexual orientation, gender identity or health decisions related to pregnancy.
Susan Morgan writes, "Please send a message to your colleagues that you will stand up for freedom and Montana constitutional rights by vetoing restrictive abortion bills."