{"id":288947,"date":"2023-04-12T10:36:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=288947"},"modified":"2023-04-11T20:16:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T01:16:30","slug":"judge-premature-planned-parenthood-lawsuit-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/judge-premature-planned-parenthood-lawsuit-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge denies ‘premature’ Planned Parenthood lawsuit to block Montana pro-life bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Montana judge has denied<\/a> Planned Parenthood’s attempt to block a pro-life state bill from taking effect before it has even been signed into law.<\/p>\n

House Bill 721<\/a> would prohibit the use of the D&E dismemberment abortion procedure<\/a>, which is the most common abortion procedure used in the second trimester. It involves dismembering a child as the abortionist tears off the child’s legs and arms with forceps before crushing her skull. Research shows<\/a> that preborn children likely begin to feel pain by the end of the first trimester.<\/p>\n

The bill has cleared the House and Senate but has not been signed into law yet by Governor Greg Gianforte. If he does sign the bill, the law would take immediate effect, prompting Planned Parenthood to take action to keep the procedure legal. In court documents, attorneys for Planned Parenthood of Montana argue that the bill’s effective date would cause abortion-seeking women and abortionists “irreparable harm” in that it would deny their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

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