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Washington (AFP) - Montana on Tuesday became the latest US state to add abortion rights to the November ballot, allowing its electorate to decide whether they back a constitutional change to protect access to the procedure. Abortion rights have become a key electoral issue and a rallying cry for Democrats since the nationwide right to the procedure was struck down by the conservative-dominated US Supreme Court in 2022. The Montana initiative, if passed, "would prohibit the government from denying or burdening the right to abortion before fetal viability," Montana's Secretary of State's office...
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Montana’s proposal to increase oversight is part of a national trend by states to ensure nonprofit hospitals act as charitable organizations as they claim tax-exempt status. LISTEN here: https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Community-Benefits-for-KFF.mp3 The proposal comes some four years after a state audit found shortcomings in the health department’s oversight. The rules largely mirror federal requirements that national health policy analysts said have yet to lead to any meaningful enforcement. “What is being proposed in Montana doesn’t really move the needle,” said ...
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“Elective abortions up to and including the moment of birth. Healthy, 9-month-year-old baby killed at the moment of birth. That’s what Jon Tester and the Democrats have voted for.” Tim Sheehy, Montana GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, said in a June 8 debate Tim Sheehy, the Republican candidate seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana and give U.S. Senate control to the GOP, is campaigning on what he calls Tester’s and Democrats’ “extreme” position on abortion. In a televised debate June 8, Sheehy accused Tester and Democrats of voting for “elective abortions up to and including th...
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HELENA, Mont. — Sophia Ferst remembers her reaction to learning that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade: She needed to get sterilized. Within a week, she asked her provider about getting the procedure done. Ferst, 28, said she has always known she doesn’t want kids. She also worries about getting pregnant as the result of a sexual assault then being unable to access abortion services. “That’s not a crazy concept anymore,” she said. “I think kids are really fun. I even see kids in my therapy practice, but, however, I understand that children are a big commitment,” she said. In Montana...
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Crystal Hiwalker wonders if her heart and lungs would have kept working if the ambulance crew had been able to give her a transfusion as the blood drained from her body during a stormy, 100-mile ride. Because of the 2019 snowstorm, it took 2.5 hours to drive from her small town of Lame Deer, Montana, to the advanced trauma center in Billings. Doctors at the Billings Clinic hospital revived Hiwalker and stopped the bleeding from her ruptured ectopic pregnancy. They were shocked that she not only survived after her heart stopped beating and she lost nearly all her blood, but that she recovered w...
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Eligible Montana homeowners will be able to apply for the property tax rebate starting today. The last date to apply for the Montana property tax rebate is October 1. Eligible homeowners can claim up to $675 in Montana property tax rebate. Montana Property Tax Rebate: How To ApplyGov. Greg Gianforte, who approved the Montana property tax rebate earlier this year, is encouraging homeowners to apply for this relief. The Montana Department of Revenue will start accepting rebate claims on August 15. The deadline to apply is October 1. “Property taxes are too high, which is why we prioritized and s...
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Washington (AFP) - In a landmark climate trial, a Montana court on Monday ruled in favor of a group of youths who accused the western US state of violating their rights to a clean environment. District Court Judge Kathy Seeley said a state law preventing agencies from considering the impacts of greenhouse gases when issuing permits for fossil fuel development was unconstitutional. The case, Held v. State of Montana -- brought by 16 plaintiffs ranging in age from five to 22 -- has been closely watched because it could bolster similar litigation that has been filed across the country. "By prohib...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - An aggressive otter attacked three women floating down a river in Montana, with one victim helicoptered to hospital with severe bites to her face and arms, authorities in the western US state said. The group of swimmers was drifting along Jefferson River in inflatable ring tubes on Wednesday evening when they spotted one or two of the animals. "An otter approached and attacked them," Montana's Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) service said in a statement. "All three women were injured." FWP said otter attacks are rare but can be caused when the semi-aquatic animals are protecti...
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