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Montana advocates warn House Bill 365 would criminalize rare late‑term procedure, urge testimony at Helena hearing
Summary
At a Missoula community forum, Montana NARAL warned that House Bill 365 would ban an intact D&E procedure, impose criminal penalties on providers and lacks a health‑of‑the‑mother exception; advocates urged people to testify at a Helena hearing scheduled the next day.
Gail Gucci, board president of Montana NARAL, told a Missoula forum that House Bill 365 would ban an “intact D and E” procedure used in rare, extreme cases and would criminalize providers.
"The problem with this bill is that there's no exception for health of the mother. Only death," Gucci said, urging people to attend the bill's hearing in Helena the following morning.
Why it matters: Gucci said the intact D&E — which she described as a late‑term procedure used in cases involving severe fetal anomalies or risks to a woman's health — is performed only rarely in the United States.…
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