2021 Montana Code Annotated
Title 50. Health and Safety
Chapter 20. Abortion
Part 1. Montana Abortion Control Act
50-20-109. Control of practice of abortion

Universal Citation: MT Code § 50-20-109 (2021)

50-20-109. Control of practice of abortion. (1) Except as provided in 50-20-401, an abortion may not be performed within the state of Montana:

(a) except by a licensed physician or physician assistant;

(b) on an unborn child capable of feeling pain, except as provided in 50-20-603.

(2) The supervision agreement of a physician assistant may provide for performing abortions.

(3) Violation of subsection (1) is a felony.

History: En. 94-5-618 by Sec. 6, Ch. 284, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 359, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 94-5-618; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 485, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 321, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 354, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 314, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 479, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 519, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 307, L. 2021.

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