The Montana Supreme Court struck down a law requiring parental consent in order for children to have abortions, and the state's senators remained silent.
The abortion issue has taken center stage this week in Montana in the midst of a closely watched U.S. Senate race. On Wednesday, the state's supreme court invalidated as unconstitutional a law restricting abortion access for minors to those who obtained parental consent. 'No politician should be in the business of making health care decisions for women,' a spokesperson for Sen.
Associate Justice Laurie McKinnon, elected to the nonpartisan bench in 2012, wrote that minors enjoy a 'fundamental right to privacy' the same way adults do. ' includes procreative autonomy and making medical decisions affecting his or her bodily integrity and health in partnership with a chosen health care provider free from governmental interest.' The ruling was unanimous, with Chief Justice Mike McGrath recusing himself from the case.
Following the effective overturning of Roe v. Wade via the 2022 Dobbs decision before the U.S. Supreme Court, Tester had warned that ruling 'means women and doctors will be put in jail when exercising this long-held right in states across the country.
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