Wed May 17, 2023 – 4:28 pm EDT
HELENA (LifeSiteNews) – Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed measures into law this week to place new restrictions on abortion facilities and abortion funding, as well as prohibit grisly dismemberment abortion procedures.
HB 544 and 862 bar the use of Medicaid dollars for elective abortions and prohibit state tax dollars from supporting abortions except in cases of babies conceived in rape or incest, or to save a mother’s life. HB 937 imposes new licensing rules and oversight of abortion facilities by the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services.
HB 721 bans the second-trimester dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion procedure, more commonly known as “dismemberment abortion” because it functions by tearing a preborn baby apart limb by limb, for any reason except a medical emergency in which a child would not survive outside the womb.
“I’m proud to round out our legislative session with another suite of pro-life, pro-family bills that protect the lives of unborn babies in Montana,” Gianforte said. “Montanans sent us to Helena to boldly defend life, not send their tax dollars to abortion clinics.” He added that “dismemberment abortion for nontherapeutic or elective
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