Montana Bans Second Trimester Abortion Procedures

In a major pro-life move, Montana has enacted a ban on abortion procedures mainly performed for abortions in the second trimester of pregnancy, effectively blocking all abortions after 15 weeks. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s office said the legislation, House Bill 721, will restrict “dismemberment abortion”—also referred to as dilation and evacuation abortion—”except for during a medical emergency in which the child would not survive outside of the womb.” The procedure, according to non-profit pro-life organization Live Action, is a surgical procedure “during which an abortionist first dilates the woman’s cervix...