Friday 1 July 2022 03:33 AM Montana Planned Parenthood will demand proof of RESIDENCY for medication ... trends now Montana Planned Parenthood will demand proof of RESIDENCY for medication abortion – but insists that surgical abortions for people traveling from other states will remain available Planned Parenthood Montana president Martha Fuller made the announcement in an email to staff on Thursday morning Surgical abortions will still be available to people from any state, she noted The ban on medication abortions applies to residents who reside in states only where total bans are in place Fuller did not clarify why access to medication abortion is being effected, while surgical abortion policy is unchanged By Alex Oliveira For Dailymail.Com Published: 03:20 BST, 1 July 2022 | Updated: 03:21 BST, 1 July 2022 Viewcomments Planned Parenthood in Montana will no longer provide medication abortions to residents of states where abortions have been banned - and will now require proof of residency from anybody seeking that treatment. Planned Parenthood Montana president Martha Fuller made the announcement in an email to staff on Thursday morning. Surgical abortions will still be available to people from any state, she noted. The ban on medication abortions applies to residents who reside in states where total bans are in place, which include South Dakota, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Trigger bans in North Dakota and Wyoming are expected take place within weeks. Fuller did not clarify why access to medication abortion, which involves patients taking two separate pills, was being restricted while surgical abortion policy is unchanged. But it may be possible that Montana Planned Parenthood is trying to avoid potential lawsuits that could arise if a patient takes their pills to induce an abortion in a state where abortion is illegal. Surgical abortions requirements are likely unchanged as the procedure must be done in person in a clinic. Planned Parenthood in Montana will no longer provide medication abortion to residents of states where abortions have been banned, and will require proof of residency from anybody seeking that treatment 'As you know, the abortion access landscape is rapidly changing across our region,' Fuller wrote in her email to Montana staff. 'The risks around cross-state provision of services are currently less than clear, with the potential for both civil and criminal action for providing abortions in states with bans.' Though abortions remain legal in Montana, all four states surrounding it have already outlawed or begun the process of outlawing abortion through trigger bans - laws that have been in place which render abortion illegal in the event of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as occurred on June 24. 'Let's be clear: Planned Parenthood of Montana will continue to serve patients from out of state who are seeking abortion,' Fuller told The Daily Beast in a statement. Planned Parenthood Montana president Martha Fuller (above) made the announcement in an email to staff on Thursday morning Women demonstrate against the overturning of Roe v. Wade during a protest in Washington D.C. Thursday The move from Planned Parenthood Montana is likely to be just the beginning of a chaotic period as states feel out ways to provide abortions for people, or prevent women from receiving them. Already, states like Texas and Oklahoma have begun enacting laws aimed at preventing its citizens from receiving abortions out of state. Fuller's announcement is indicative of the defensive position abortion clinics and advocates in majority-Republican regions of the country face. 'We will end up in a country where we have this patchwork of states where access to abortion is available and states where it's not, and you know, already I can see the chaos that is beginning to happen,' Fuller said in a statement last Friday after the overturning of Roe v. Wade was announced. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility