Bill > SB437

This bill generally revises abortion laws in Montana. The key provisions are: 1. It affirms an individual's fundamental reproductive rights, including the right to choose or refuse contraception or sterilization, to choose to parent their child, and to choose whether to carry a pregnancy to term or have an abortion. 2. It establishes access to abortion, allowing a pregnant woman to obtain an abortion before fetal viability and after viability only to preserve the life and health of the woman. It defines key terms like "abortion," "health," "health care provider," and "viability." 3. It repeals various existing laws related to abortion, including provisions on informed consent, reporting requirements, and restrictions on coverage of abortion services in qualified health plans. 4. It includes a codification instruction to place the new sections on fundamental reproductive rights and access to abortion in a new part of the existing Montana abortion law.