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Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, alone on the House floor stands in protest as demonstrators are arrested in the House gallery, Monday, April 24, 2023, at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont. Montana's Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday, April 28, to ban gender-affirming medical care for young transgender people — the battle over which ended with the removal of a transgender lawmaker from the House floor. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

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Montana latest to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors
By AMY BETH HANSON - Associated Press
Fri,04/28/23-5:00PM , 46 Reads
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana became the latest state to ban or restrict gender-affirming medical care for transgender kids Friday when its Republican governor signed legislation that exiled transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr told fellow lawmakers would leave “blood” on their hands.
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Rep. Zoey Zephyr, D-Missoula, second from right, stands with members of the minority party on the house floor on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at the state capitol in Helena, Mont. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)

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Montana House speaker silences trans lawmaker for 2nd day
By AMY BETH HANSON - Associated Press
Thu,04/20/23-5:55PM , 40 Reads
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Zooey Zephyr, right, attends a legislative training session at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont., on Nov. 16, 2022. Zephyr, who is one of the first two transgender candidates elected to the Montana Legislature, was intentionally misgendered on April 18, 2023, in a demand by the Montana Freedom Caucus that the state House censure her for comments she made on the House floor about a bill to ban transgender medical care for children. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

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Montana Republicans want censure while misgendering lawmaker
By AMY BETH HANSON - Associated Press
Wed,04/19/23-3:46PM , 32 Reads
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A group of conservative Republican lawmakers in Montana deliberately misgendered a transgender colleague in demanding that she be censured for language she used on the floor while speaking against a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care for children.
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Protesters fill the Montana state Capitol rotunda in Helena, Mont., on Feb. 11, 2015, during a rally to show support in an attempt to change the Montana Constitution to define life as beginning at conception. State officials in Republican-controlled Montana want to require prior authorization before its health department pays for abortions for people covered by Medicaid, a proposal critics say would reduce access and delay or even prevent abortion care for low-income women in a state. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

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Stricter Medicaid abortion process up for debate in Montana
By AMY BETH HANSON - Associated Press
Thu,01/12/23-2:00AM , 50 Reads
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Officials in Republican-controlled Montana on Thursday heard comments against a health department proposal to require prior authorization to pay for abortions for Medicaid patients. Critics say the proposal would unnecessarily reduce access and delay or even prevent abortion care for low-income women.
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