Two abortion-related bills have only one more step to go before reaching Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk, after they passed preliminary votes on the Senate floor Thursday.
Not content with making abortions illegal within the state, Idaho has now made it illegal for anyone to help a minor obtain an abortion across state lines.
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest claims Idaho’s attorney general’s interpretation of the state’s total abortion ban amounts to an illegal threat against medical providers.
Montana Republicans to vote on criminalizing abortion except in the case of medical necessity and to exclude abortion from Montanans’ right to privacy as it’s protected in the Montana constitution.
The Legislature is considering a groundbreaking number of social issue bills, including on controversial topics like transgender rights and access to abortion.
Those looking to get a medically necessary abortion would need to go through a prior authorization process to prove the procedure is medically necessary.
The U.S. District Court judge who could end more than two decades of legal access to medication abortion underwent extensive questioning about LGBTQ equality at his December 2017 confirmation hearing — and very little about his views on abortion.