Nationwide some states have experienced increases in abortion as others have banned it.

Montana has seen a 22% rise in abortions during the first six months of 2023 over a comparable period in 2020, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

“This is a bill that really attempts to ease the burden of menstruation by protecting access to menstrual products in retail settings, schools, and homeless shelters and prisons. We have toilet paper that is freely available in bathrooms, so why are menstrual products any different?”