HELENA — An anti-abortion bill that would force doctors to save a potentially viable fetus is a step closer to the governor’s desk.
On a vote of 60-40, the Montana House on Wednesday moved forward on a ban on abortions if there is a better-than-half probability that a fetus can survive outside a mother’s womb.
During debate, legislators spoke of the anguish over difficult pregnancies and decisions — their own or that of friends and family.
The Senate has already passed a similar measure. It is one of three anti-abortion bills in the Legislature, including one seeking to ask voters to accord state constitutional rights to a woman’s fertilized egg at the moment of conception.
Those opposed to the bills say the proposals would strip a woman’s right to an abortion.
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