Montana seeks to overturn court ruling on abortion access
Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signs one of three bills restricting access to abortion in Montana as sponsor of one of the bills, state Rep. Lola Sheldon-Galloway, R-Great Falls, looks on in Helena. Mont., on April 26, 2021.(Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)
HELENA (AP) — Montana's attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 1999 opinion that found the state constitution's right to privacy guarantees a woman's access to an abortion — the opinion Planned Parenthood is using to challenge three new abortion laws.
Attorney General Austin Knudsen's brief, filed Wednesday, also asks justices to vacate a preliminary injunction that prevented the new abortion laws from taking effect...
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