Montana abortion rights group launches ballot initiative
A reproductive rights group in Montana launched an initiative Tuesday to include a state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot in the general election this November.
On Tuesday, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights announced that it has officially launched its signature drive to get the required 60,000 signatures from Montanans by June 21 to qualify the measure on the ballot.
The constitutional initiative, CI-128, would amend the state constitution “to expressly provide a right to make and carry out decisions about one’s own pregnancy, including the right to abortion. It would prohibit the government from denying or burdening the right to abortion before fetal viability,” the ballot language states.
The measure also states that the government would be prohibited “from denying or burdening access to an abortion” when the patient’s doctor or treating practitioner “determines it is medically indicated to protect the pregnant patient’s life or health.”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4598829-montana-abortion-rights-group-launches-ballot-initiative/