On November 5, 2024, the Montana Right to Abortion Initiative, which would place a right to abortion in the state constitution, passed with the support of 58% of the voters. This amendment asserts a right to late-term abortions, eliminates parental notification, and exploits underage mothers. Montana already allowed for abortion up to the point of fetal viability (about 24 weeks), with some exceptions after viability and had parental notification laws for underage girls. Abortion forces will now be able to file lawsuits to strike down any of the regulations that were in place before this amendment passed.
Montana Catholic Conference and other pro-life organizations warned of the extreme nature of this amendment and how it would remove all regulation, making Montana into an abortion state, and allow crimes such as coercion and human trafficking to go unchecked. They also lamented the amount of out-of-state money that was used to push this initiative forward.
