For example, the North Carolina law championed by advocates concerned with domestic violence contains comprehensive definitions and does not have the due process problems present in HB 547. HB 547 was rushed through a committee with only one attorney at the 11th hour. It is a mistake that such poorly drafted legislation is on the house floor and it should not be passed on to the Senate. Had the Reproductive Rights Coalition been consulted at any time about this bill, we would have suggested that the bill be written like the North Carolina legislation, which clearly delineates the conduct to be criminalized. The exclusion of legal abortion from this Act is insufficient .
Laws regulating abortion are often subject to pending litigation in Montana.
Many abortion laws found unconstitutional still remain in the Montana Code Annotated. Doctors are not attorneys. If this bill passes into law, physicians will be further chilled by the threat of criminal prosecution for homicide from performing many legal abortion procedures.