Today’s ruling permanently blocks several laws restricting Medicaid patients’ access to abortion care, a win for Montanans

Voters elected Judge Katherine Bidegaray, who has committed to protect important rights in the Montana Constitution, in addition to passing CI-128, a ballot initiative that will enshrine protections for reproductive freedom in the state constitution.

This ruling prevents bans on forms of procedural and medication abortions and restrictions on Medicaid patients’ access to abortions from taking effect.

The new rules are scheduled to take effect in November, 2024, and would make abortion harder to provide and access in Montana

Montana’s Constitution provides some of the strongest protections in the Nation for privacy, reproductive rights, and equal protection. House Bill 544 only aims to chip away at the constitutionally protected right to abortion.

The Supreme Court issued a shameful ruling today, overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision recognizing the constitutional right to abortion.

The following statement was issued by ACLU of Montana Executive Director Caitlin Borgmann in response to the reporting of a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

The ACLU of Montana, the National Women’s Law Center and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood, in their case challenging four new laws attacking forced pregnancies.