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For Immediate Release: August 16, 2024
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Dr. Aultman: Opposition to Rules on Having Lit Exits, Annual Inspections and Involving Doctors Shows Abortion Business’ Disregard for Women

Helena, Mont. – The Department of Public Health and Human Services will hold a hearing this afternoon on proposed safety rules for abortion facilities to protect women. The proposed regulations are modeled after those already in place on surgical centers and health care facilities, according to the Department, and are opposed by abortion businesses in Montana. The hearing follows Wednesday’s news that the state’s parental consent law has been struck down under a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood.

Testifying at today’s hearing, retired board-certified OB-GYN and former abortionist Dr. Kathi Aultman will speak to how the basic proposed rules help keep women safe. Aultman recently wrote in an op-ed published by the Daily Inter Lake:

“No one who cares about patient safety and the provision of quality care should object to these proposed rules. These health and safety regulations do not stop abortions from happening any more than similar regulations stop medical facilities from providing care. Abortion centers should not be exempt from the regulations imposed on similar medical facilities that are designed to protect patients.

“The abortion industry is not acting in the best interest of women by opposing straightforward regulations like annual inspections, having lit exit pathways, and making sure a facility director is in good standing. In their attempts to go completely unregulated, abortion businesses put profit ahead of women’s safety.”

Things DPHHS Proposed Rules I-XIV would require include:

  • Having lit exit ways
  • Undergoing annual inspections
  • Making sure facility directors are in good standing
  • Giving physicians oversight of facilities
  • Anesthesia reports
  • Having staff trained in resuscitation
  • Cleaning equipment between patients

SBA Pro-Life America State Policy Director Katie Daniel will also testify. Ahead of the hearing, Daniel said: 

“Abortion ballot measures proposed in Montana and other states would eliminate health and safety protections for women – even basic rules such as what DPHHS has proposed. The amendments that are deceptively branded as women’s health care will land more women in the ER by giving abortion businesses a free pass from having to adhere to even the most basic regulations that outpatient surgical centers and health care facilities have to follow. Just ask the people of Michigan and Ohio about the abortion lobby’s lawsuits attacking health protections for women following the passage of California-style abortion amendments.

“Big Abortion fights every protection that exists for women and girls. The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the state’s parental consent law in a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood is a reminder of what the abortion lobby’s game plan is in states with abortion on the ballot this year. Planned Parenthood believes girls who aren’t old enough to get their ears pierced on their own should be able to get an abortion without mom or dad ever knowing. Pro-life or pro-choice, parents must stand against this attack on their rights and their daughters.”

After the Michigan legislature did not pass laws to undo informed consent and 24-hour waiting periods, allow non-doctors to perform abortions, and guarantee taxpayer funding of abortion, the abortion industry sued to get this done based on Prop 3. In Ohio, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have a lawsuit to end women and girls’ right to receive information about abortion from medical professionals before making a decision.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is a network of more than one million pro-life Americans nationwide, dedicated to ending abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives, with a special calling to promote pro-life women leaders.

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