Montanans back abortion amendment, nix election reform initiatives
Whitefish Reproductive Rights Rally attendees show off homemade signs supporting abortion access. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Montanans on Tuesday voted 57% in favor of a constitutional amendment aimed at safeguarding abortion access in the state.
The Associated Press called the race for CI-128 about 4 a.m. Wednesday morning. The subject of intense campaigning from anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups in the lead up to the Nov. 5 election, the initiative passed by more than 78,000 votes.
The language in CI-128 asked voters if they wanted to amend the state constitution to expressively provide a right to make and carry out decisions about one’s own pregnancy, including the right to abortion. It also prohibits the government from burdening the right to abortion before fetal viability, as well as laying out protections for health care workers who perform abortions.
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