Abortion clinics sue state over new restrictions
The entrance to Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula. (Alex Sakariassen/MTFP)
Montana abortion providers on Friday sued the state health department in an attempt to block a new rule adopted by the Gianforte administration’s health department that restricts how the state will pay for abortions through its Medicaid program.
The 34-page complaint, filed on behalf of Planned Parenthood of Montana, All Families Healthcare and Blue Mountain Clinic, argues the new rule “has the purpose and effect of depriving low-income Montanans of access to abortion” and conflicts with the Montana Constitution, state legal precedent and the state procedures for adopting new rules...
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