Montana voters reject 'born alive' abortion referendum
Jenna Bann, a mother from Missoula, Mont., speaks during a rally at the Montana Capitol in Helena, Mont., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Banna spoke in opposition to a proposed referendum that requires that all infants born alive, including during an attempted abortion, be provided with medical care and treatment. She spoke about her daughter, who was born without a properly developed brain, and said the referendum requiring treatment could have robbed her and her husband with the brief time they got to spend with their daughter before she died. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion rights supporters secured another win Thursday as voters in Montana rejected a ballot measure that would have forced medical workers to intercede in the rare case of a baby born after an attempted abortion.
The result caps a string of ballot defeats, months after the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v...
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