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

by JORDAN HANSEN Daily Montanan
| March 27, 2025 12:00 AM

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 right in CI-128 in the 2024 election.

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