One Nation, Under God
One Nation, Under God
For April 5, 2017
Rep. Casey Knudsen, R-Malta, left, looks on last Friday as Gov. Steve Bullock signs a bill he carried that would define electric fences. This was Knudsen's first bill signed into law, and one of 12 the governor signed this week.
HELENA -- A bill that could outlaw abortion by defining a fetus at any stage as a person passed the House last week.
Introduced by Rep. Derek Skees, House Bill 595 would give Montana voters an option to approve a constitutional amendment that would define a person as "all members of the species Homo sapiens at any stage of development."
"Every single life matters," Skees said. "From the moment of the first mitosis, to the last breath we draw before we get promoted."
The bill was widely condemned by House Democrats, who said there were problems with the bill even beyond how it would affect abor...
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