House Defeats Five Anti-Choice Blast Motions

This update comes to us from our friends at Planned Parenthood of MT!

Anti-choice legislators in the Montana House of Representatives attempted to "blast" 5 dangerous bills out of committee and onto the House floor for a full vote. Despite pressure from anti-choice Representatives and lobbyists, 43 House Representatives stood up for Montanans and defeated ALL 5 anti-choice "blasts." These 43 Representatives remained consistent in their opposition to these bad bills that would have hurt Montana women and families.

The bills blasted: SB 46 & 406, severely weaken Montanans’ constitutionally guaranteed right to privacyHB 661, places additional regulations on licensed abortion providers to provide abortion careSB 374, unconstitutional and puts vulnerable teenagers at riskSB 327, has three anti-choice provisions including defining life beginning at conception.

So how did your Representative vote? Check out the list of 43 House members who resisted them ALL! Don't see your Rep. on the list, give them a call and LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE for individual legislators during business hours: 406-444-4800.

Shannon Augare (D, Browning) Dick Barrett (D, Missoula ) Paul Beck (D, Red Lodge) Arlene Becker (D, Billings ) Bob Bergren (D, Havre) Anders Blewett (D, Great Falls ) Carlie Boland (D, Great Falls ) Mary Caferro (D, Helena) Frosty Calf Boss Ribs (D, Heart Butte ) Margaret Campbell (D, Poplar) Jill Cohenour (D, East Helena ) Sue Dickenson (D, Great Falls ) Robyn Driscoll (D, Billings ) Bob Ebinger (D, Livingston) John Fleming (D, Saint Ignatius) Timothy Furey (D, Missoula ) Dennis Getz (D, Glendive) Wanda Grinde (D, Billings ) Art Noonan (D, Butte ) Robin Hamilton (D, Missoula ) Betsy Hands (D, Missoula ) Teresa Henry (D, Missoula ) Galen Hollenbaugh (D, Helena) Chuck Hunter (D, Helena) Mike Jopek (D, Whitefish) Deb Kottel (D, Great Falls ) Margie MacDonald (D, Billings ) Sue Malek (D, Missoula ) Dave McAlpin (D, Missoula ) Bill McChesney (D, Miles City ) Edith McClafferty (D, Butte ) Mike Menahan (D, Helena) Pat Noonan (D, Ramsay) Mike Phillips (D, Bozeman ) Jennifer Pomnichowski (D, Bozeman ) Michele Reinhart (D, Missoula ) Diane Sands (D, Missoula ) Jon Sesso (D, Butte ) Kendall Van Dyk (D, Billings ) Dan Villa (D, Anaconda) Franke Wilmer (D, Bozeman ) Bill Wilson (D, Great Falls ) Brady Wiseman (D, Bozeman )

VIEW THESE BILLS HERE:
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/SB0046.htm http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/SB0406.htm http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0661.htm http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/SB0497.htm http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/SB0374.htm http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/SB0327.htm