Residents of places where abortion has been outlawed will no longer be able to get medication abortions at Planned Parenthood in Montana, and anyone requesting such care will now need to show proof of residency.
The statement was made by Martha Fuller, president of Planned Parenthood Montana, in an email to workers on Thursday morning.
People from any state will still be able to get surgical abortions, she pointed out.
Residents of South Dakota, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri—states that have total bans in place—are subject to the prohibition on medication abortions. In a few weeks, it’s anticipated that Wyoming and North Dakota will impose trigger prohibitions.
Fuller could not explain why surgical abortion policy is unaffected yet access to pharmaceutical abortion, which requires patients to take two distinct pills, is restricted.
However, it’s possible that Montana Planned Parenthood is attempting to prevent lawsuits that might develop if a patient uses their medication to induce an abortion in a state where such procedures are prohibited.
Given that the procedure must be carried out in person at a clinic, the requirements for surgical abortions remain probably unchanged.
As you are aware, the environment surrounding access to abortion in our area is fast changing, Fuller said in an email to the staff at Montana.
Given the possibility of legal and criminal penalties for performing abortions in jurisdictions where the procedure is prohibited, the dangers associated with cross-state service provision are now less than obvious.
While abortions are still allowed in Montana, the four states that surround it have already forbidden or started the process of prohibiting it through trigger bans, legislation that become effective should Roe v. Wade be overturned, as happened on June 24.
The relocation from Planned Parenthood Montana is probably just the start of a turbulent period as states try to figure out how to either allow women to have abortions or ban them from having them.
States like Texas and Oklahoma have already started passing legislation to stop its residents from getting abortions outside of their jurisdiction.
The defensive posture abortion clinics and advocates in areas of the country with a majority of Republicans face is demonstrated by Fuller’s declaration.
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Fuller stated in a statement last Friday, “We will end up in a society where we have this patchwork of places where access to abortion is available and areas where it’s not.” “You know, already I can see the chaos that is beginning to develop,” Fuller added.
The announcement from Montana comes after President Biden vowed to defend abortion rights and claimed that the US Supreme Court’s ‘outrageous’ decision was ‘destabilizing’ America.
He criticized the decision and its effects in a press conference after the NATO meeting in Madrid, Spain.
America is more prepared than ever to lead the world, he declared.
However, the Supreme Court of the United States’ outrageous actions in overturning not only Roe v. Wade but also basically undermining the right to privacy has been unsettling.
Additionally, he said that he would support a carve-out that would allow Democrats in Congress to approve measures safeguarding abortion rights even in the absence of 60 votes in the Senate.
Making it obvious how awful this decision was and how much it affects privacy generally, as well as a woman’s freedom to choose, which is a crucial, crucial aspect, should be our first and foremost priority, according to Biden.
“Therefore, I’m going to talk to the governors to find out what steps they think I should be taking as well,” the speaker said.
Following Thursday’s court rulings that prevented Florida and Kentucky from enforcing their prohibitions, abortions may temporarily resume in those states.
After Roe was overruled on June 24, thirteen states, including Kentucky, enacted a trigger-ban law.
Kentucky passed the trigger law in 2019, and on Thursday, Judge Mitch Perry granted a temporary restraining order to prevent the state from enforcing a prohibition that was triggered by the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision.
Planned Parenthood said in a statement, “We’re happy the court acknowledged the damage happening in Kentucky and decided to halt the commonwealth’s harsh abortion laws.”
Since the prohibition was put into effect on Friday as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision, it has been lifted. Abortions were only supposed to be permitted by the state when absolutely necessary to avoid the mother’s death or serious damage.
Republican State Attorney General Daniel Cameron disagreed with the decision, arguing that Perry had no authority under Kentucky’s constitution to permit the resumption of abortion services.
We cannot allow Kentucky to make the same error that was made in Roe v. Wade over 50 years ago, Cameron added. “We shall be asking for this order’s relief.”
Following a petition from pro-abortion organizations, Florida Judge John Cooper temporarily lifted the ban on abortions after 15 weeks. Following the Roe decision, the ban was approved by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in April and was scheduled to go into effect on Friday.
A lawsuit was launched by advocacy groups arguing that the Florida constitution protects the right to an abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, including Planned Parenthood and public abortion facilities.
Cooper agreed with the advocacy groups and stated, “I do find the state has failed to produce convincing and credible evidence that this bill, HB 5, displays a compelling state interest to be preserved.”
After the court writes a formal order, which he indicated would not happen on Thursday, the interim ban on abortions after the 15-week limit is supposed to go into effect.
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