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Planned Parenthood North Central States

  • A Planned Parenthood of Montana clinic is seen on July 6, 2022, in Helena, Montana. Planned Parenthood of Montana recently changed its policies to restrict its distribution of abortion pills only to patients from states without abortion bans in effect.
    Montana News
    Montana Clinics That Provide Abortions Preemptively Restrict Pill Access for Out-of-State Patients
    The four states bordering Montana have “trigger laws” in effect or pending now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ended federal protections for abortion, making conservative Big Sky Country an unlikely haven for women seeking to end their pregnancies. But Montana’s potential to become an abortion refuge has been diminished by the operator of three of the state’s five clinics, which are preemptively limiting who can receive abortion pills.