A proposed amendment to enshrine abortion access in Montana’s constitution is one step closer to appearing on the November 2024 ballot, after organizers submitted the required number of valid signatures on Friday. A committee called Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights, led by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana, announced it had collected about 117,000 signatures of registered voters — far more than the approximately 60,300 it needed to move forward with their ballot proposal.
A ban on a common abortion procedure — called a dilation and evacuation — after 15 weeks of pregnancy that Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed into law last year remains blocked by the courts. Enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution would make it more difficult for lawmakers to undo current protections in the future. Montana is one of 11 states where organizers are seeking to enshrine abortion rights in state constitutions through citizen-led ballot initiatives.
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