SB154 expands existing prohibitions on selling human body parts to explicitly include human fetal tissue and whole human bodies, banning their sale for purposes such as transplantation, therapy, research, education, or the training of search and rescue canines. The bill establishes strict penalties for violations, including fines of up to $50,000, imprisonment of up to five years, or both.
The Montana State House of Representatives passed SB154 on April 10, 2025 by a vote of 56 to 42. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because the trafficking of aborted fetal body parts is not only a moral outrage but a fundamental violation of human dignity and constitutional principles. The deliberate commodification of human remains, especially those of unborn children, undermines the sanctity of life and the ethical foundation of a just society. The care and protection of innocent human life—not its destruction for profit or experimentation—is the foremost duty of any legitimate government. The right to life is the most foundational of all rights—granted by God, affirmed in the Declaration of Independence, and secured by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.