***** SO SORRY. I wrote Kentucky, and I meant Montana. My apologies. I looked at the wrong tab and mixed them up. I’m sorry. Still grosses me out that these states (Montana is not official yet) voted the way they did.
California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, and Vermont voted on abortion on Tuesday.
Officials are still counting votes in Montana.
Kentucky‘s Amendment 2: “To protect human life, nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.”
As a state, Kentucky currently prohibits abortion with exceptions for saving a woman’s life or preventing serious risk to her physical health.
Montana‘s Legislative Referendum 131: “An act adopting the born-alive infant protection act; providing that infants born alive, including infants born alive after an abortion, are legal persons; requiring health care providers to take necessary actions to preserve the life of a born-alive infant; providing a penalty; providing that the proposed act be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana; and providing an effective date.”
SBA Pro-Life America’s Katie Glenn nailed it concerning Montana (emphasis mine): “I think that one’s different than the other four, which are all very much time-gestational bans, in that this is not a pro-life/pro-choice issue. This is about providing lifesaving care to a child who’s already been born.”
California‘s Proposition 1 states: “The state shall not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives.”
California allows abortion until viability, which is accepted at 24 weeks, even though there are many cases of babies born before that surviving birth. After 24 weeks, it has to be to save the mom.
Michigan‘s Proposal 3 applies to the state’s constitution: “proposal to amend the state constitution to establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make all decisions about pregnancy and abortion; allow state to regulate abortion in some cases; and forbid prosecution of individuals exercising established right.”
Like California, Michigan allows abortion up to viability or after to save the mom.
Vermont allows abortion up until birth. Article 11/Proposal 5 promotes abortion and amplifies the state’s acceptance of abortion: “That an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one’s own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”
Folks, we still have work to do. We need to change their hearts and minds. I cannot stress enough the importance of helping and promoting pregnancy centers, whether donating items or volunteering.
As Mother Angelica once said: “Woe to us if we keep voting for murder.”
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