This bill was passed and signed into law by Gov. Gianforte, taking effect immediately. While this bill was ultimately stripped of language that would have impacted families and health care providers facing tragic circumstances, it reinforces extremist ideology and harmful myths and overturns the will of Montana voters.

Originally requested by Rep. Matt Regier (R - Kalispell), HB 625 is largely a copy-cat bill to his failed LR-131 ballot initiative, which was soundly defeated on the November 2022 ballot. Representatives Matt Regier and Kerri Seekins-Crowe refused to accept that 1. Montanans voted against LR-131 once already, 2. Infanticide is already illegal, and 3. Montana law (MCA 50-20-108) and federal law (H.R. 2175) both already require what new policy requires.

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