Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 20. ABORTION

Part 10. Dismemberment Abortion Prohibition Act

Dismemberment Abortion Procedures Prohibited -- Penalty

50-20-1003. Dismemberment abortion procedures prohibited -- penalty. (1) Except in a medical emergency, a person may not purposely or knowingly perform, induce, or attempt to perform or induce a dismemberment abortion procedure.

(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction shall be punished by a fine in an amount not to exceed $50,000, imprisonment for a term of not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years, or both.

(3) A woman on whom an abortion is performed, induced, or attempted in violation of this part may not be prosecuted for conspiracy to commit a violation of this part.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 490, L. 2023.