Abortion in Montana

[4] In November 2022, Montana voters rejected a measure that would have given embryos and fetuses legal personhood status.

[4] A 2024 Montana Supreme Court decision established that minors do not need parental consent to have an abortion, overruling a state law.

The facility was a near-total loss, but all of the patients' records, though damaged, survived the fire in metal file cabinets.

[20][4] In 2017, there were five Planned Parenthood clinics in a state with a population of 215,806 women aged 15–49 of which four offered abortion services.

[21] In 2018, the closest abortion clinics to Flathead Valley were in Missoula, Great Falls, Helena or Billings.

[23] In 2014, 56% of Montana adults said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal while 38% believed it should be illegal in all or most cases.

[24] The 2023 American Values Atlas reported that, in their most recent survey, 57% of Montanans said that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

This included driving women long distances for appointments, escorting patients inside and shoveling the sidewalk outside the clinic.

[4] Women from the state participated in marches supporting abortion rights as part of a #StoptheBans movement in May 2019.

The facility was a near-total loss, but all of the patients' records, though damaged, survived the fire in metal file cabinets.

[41][42] On March 4, 2014, 24-year-old Zachary Klundt broke into All Families Healthcare in Kalispell, Montana and destroyed everything inside the clinic.

[43][44] On October 5, 2023, an unknown individual fired two shotgun rounds into the front entrance of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Helena, Montana.