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Montanans respond to leaked draft SCOTUS opinion to end federal abortion protections
What the end of Roe v. Wade could mean for Montana
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As it turns 50, is Montana’s ‘progressive’ state Constitution facing a conservative midlife crisis?
The convention that produced Montana’s 1972 Constitution is a legendary moment in state history. But as a living document, the Constitution isn’t immune to contemporary debates.
Montana Republicans want to limit abortion access. It won’t be easy.
State courts have long said privacy is more important than politics. That stance has been critical in protecting abortion access since the 1990s.
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Abortion politics lead to power struggles over family planning grants
Conservative-leaning states and nonprofit reproductive health care providers are competing over control of states’ Title X funding for family planning programs.
State constitutions vex conservatives’ strategies for a post-Roe world
In Montana, where the issue is playing out in the courts, the Republican attorney general wants the state’s high court to overturn a 23-year-old ruling that extended the state’s constitutional right to privacy to the right to have an abortion.
Judge blocks abortion laws while case proceeds
The injunction comes a week after the same judge issued a temporary restraining order that stalled the laws for 10 days.