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  • Initiative puts abortion indirectly on the ballot

    Jorgia Hawthorne, Community News Service - UM School of Journalism|Updated Oct 17, 2022

    The University of Montana Oval echoed with the voices of nearly 100 students, many chanting, "My body, my choice! My state, my choice!" The rally was both in defense of reproductive rights but also in opposition to the so-called "Born-Alive Infant Protection Act" on the ballot this year. The initiative, which has passed in some 18 other states, addresses a specific and uncommon situation that has attracted attention from both sides of the divisive debate over reproductive...