Tag Archives: State: Montana

LifeNews: Governor Brian Schweitzer continued his abortion advocacy in Montana on Thursday when he vetoed a bill that would have protected girls and their parents on the issue of abortion on minors.

LifeNews: “Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer vetoed a bill yesterday that would protect taxpayers from having to pay for abortions with their tax dollars under the Obamacare health care law.”

Missoulian: “The Montana House voted 53-47 last Friday to remove $4.7 million in federal family-planning funds from the state budget for the next two years – money that’s been in Montana’s budget for decades.”

PRNewswire: “The following is being released by ParentalRights.org: Last week, Planned Parenthood of Montana, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the Human Rights Campaign spoke against a resolution in Montana’s Senate Judicial Committee urging Congress to adopt the Parental Rights Amendment (PRA) and send it to the States for ratification.”

LifeNews: “The Montana state House has okayed a bill that would provide justice and protection for pregnant women and their unborn children who are victims of violant attacks outside the context of abrotion. More than 36 other states have similar laws as does the federal government.” For more background on the bill, see this ADF Alliance Alert compound tag: http://www.alliancealert.org/tag/state-montana+topic-legislation+category-sanctity-of-life/

“[Lawmakers] are being asked to consider two competing measures: one that would create rules for doctors who are asked to write a prescription for a lethal dose of medication and another that would ban assisted suicide altogether.”

MinnPost: “Sixteen Republicans in the Minnesota House introduced a bill Thursday that would offer ‘Choose Life’ license plates as an option for vehicle owners. HF91, if passed (and there is no Senate version yet), would require the vanity plates to have a brightly colored, crayon-like image of children and the words ‘Choose Life.’”

KTVQ: “A legislative measure making it illegal to kill an unborn child easily got out of committee despite being mired in the abortion debate.”

Great Falls Tribune: “Groups opposed to abortion say the bill, sponsored by Rep. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, is needed to prosecute those who kill an unborn baby, perhaps during a crime against the expectant mother. ‘House Bill 167 does not include legal abortions or infringe on a woman’s right to choose,’ Regier said.”

LifeNews: “Vermont and Montana will form ground zero for the debate over assisted suicide in 2011 as legislatures in both states are expected to tackle bills related to the subject.”

Great Falls Tribune: “Republican lawmakers plan to introduce a broad range of bills aimed at restricting or even banning legalized abortion. Abortion rights groups say they are going to have their hands full fending off proposals from the ‘extreme far-right’ of the GOP, which they say will try to take advantage of large Republican majorities in both houses to accomplish its agenda.”

The Missoulian: “With Republicans controlling both chambers in the 2011 Legislature, some GOP lawmakers are proposing a broad collection of bills to restrict or possibly ban legalized abortion in Montana.”