The Montana Senate on Friday advanced a proposal seeking to extend protections to so-called "pain-capable" fetuses. If approved, Montana would join more than a dozen states adopting laws protecting pain-capable fetuses. "This bill is intended to establish a legal framework that undermines our constitutional right to privacy and seeks to ban a legal medical procedure in Montana." A second Montana bill is far more unusual, according to some abortion-rights groups, because it would take aim at doctors who perform abortions. Every session there has been some version of an abortion bill.

Source: ABC News March 24, 2017 21:25 UTC