Montana Gov. Gianforte signed HB 303 letting providers refuse gender-affirming care and abortion on moral grounds
On May 3, 2023, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed House Bill 303, the "Medical Ethics and Diversity Act," permitting medical practitioners, institutions, and insurers to refuse to participate in or pay for health services on "ethical, moral, or religious" grounds. Sponsored by Rep. Amy Regier, R-Kalispell, the law names no patient right to obtain care when a provider objects, and its sponsor identified abortion, gender-affirming care, and physician aid in dying among the intended targets. It passed the Republican-majority Legislature largely along party lines.