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Montana bill seeks abortion ban on 'pain-capable' fetuses
Source: Associated Press
Montana bill seeks abortion ban on 'pain-capable' fetuses
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
Mar. 24, 2017 6:54 PM EDT
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Senate on Friday advanced a proposal seeking to extend protections to so-called "pain-capable" fetuses.
If approved, Montana would join more than a dozen states adopting laws protecting pain-capable fetuses.
The measure is one of a pair of anti-abortion bills that continued moving through the Montana Legislature. Earlier in the week, a House committee further advanced a bill that would effectively ban all abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy by requiring doctors to save a fetus.
Opponents decried both measures as attacks on a woman's right to choose an abortion.
Proponents of both bills acknowledged the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 that affirmed abortion rights, but they argued that federal law allows states to carve out their own abortion rules.
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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
Mar. 24, 2017 6:54 PM EDT
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Senate on Friday advanced a proposal seeking to extend protections to so-called "pain-capable" fetuses.
If approved, Montana would join more than a dozen states adopting laws protecting pain-capable fetuses.
The measure is one of a pair of anti-abortion bills that continued moving through the Montana Legislature. Earlier in the week, a House committee further advanced a bill that would effectively ban all abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy by requiring doctors to save a fetus.
Opponents decried both measures as attacks on a woman's right to choose an abortion.
Proponents of both bills acknowledged the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 that affirmed abortion rights, but they argued that federal law allows states to carve out their own abortion rules.
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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ffec22ef4d2946e598307168680749bb/montana-bill-seeks-abortion-ban-pain-capable-fetuses
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