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Personhood bill set to pass House, though likely to fail to reach threshold to move to voters

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A bill seeking an amendment to the Montana Constitution to confer “personhood” rights on embryos passed the House after a 57-43 vote on Tuesday. In support of House Bill 316, sponsor Rep. Lee Deming, R-Laurel, argued in committee that voters…

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Montana Free Press

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‘Personhood’ amendment advances, despite abortion rights initiative

House lawmakers on Wednesday voted to put a constitutional amendment before voters that would define “person” as “beginning at the stage of fertilization or conception.”If passed in 2026, the proposal would likely conflict with CI-128, the constitutional abortion rights amendment approved in November. During a Tuesday debate on the measure, the sponsor of House Bill 316, Rep. Lee Deming, R-Laurel, said that he believed voters may have “some buye…

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Bozeman Daily Chronicle

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Personhood bill set to pass Montana House, though still unlikely to reach voters

HB 316 received 57 out of 100 total votes needed from both chambers to pass. Bill likely will move to Senate.

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Personhood bill likely won't reach constitutional threshold

The Montana State Capitol in Helena on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (Photo by Mike Clark for the Daily Montanan)A bill seeking an amendment to the Montana Constitution to confer “personhood” rights on embryos passed the House after a 57-43 vote on Tuesday. In support of House Bill 316, sponsor Rep. Lee Deming, R-Laurel, argued in committee that voters hadn’t fully understood what they had done when they voted to add abortion as a constitutional ri…

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Personhood bill set to pass House, though likely to fail to reach threshold to move to voters

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Montana House advances personhood amendment, but bill has difficult path to reach ballot

Montana House Republicans have advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to establish personhood starting at conception. Its intended to go on the Montana ballot in 2026, just two years after voters approved an amendment adding abortion rights to the state constitution though it faces an uphill battle to actually reach the ballot.(Watch the video to see Tuesday's debate on the proposed amendment.) Republicans propose amendment that would undo…

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