Press Releases

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Federal Court grants preliminary injunction protecting Montana State University students’ visa status

This preliminary injunction means that, for the duration of the case, the government cannot terminate the plaintiffs' student status, arrest them without due process, or deport them.

ACLU of MT files suit challenging Federal Government’s termination of student visas at Montana State University  

The ACLU of Montana filed suit on behalf of two Montana State University graduate students who had their F-1 student immigration status unlawfully and abruptly terminated by the Trump administration.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

Montana Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Abortion Care for Medicaid Patients

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

Yes, Montana, disenfranchising Native voters violates the law

Native voters in Montana again successfully defend their rights as U.S. Supreme Court declines to review Montana Supreme Court decision

Montana Court Blocks State from Refusing to Correct Sex Markers on Transgender People's Birth Certificates and Driver's Licenses

A Montana court granted a preliminary injunction preventing the State of Montana from enforcing policies that bar transgender people from obtaining accurate sex designations on their birth certificates and driver’s licenses.

Montana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Families & Doctors, Blocks Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth

The Montana Supreme Court ruled that SB 99, a 2023 Montana law that categorically bans life-saving gender-affirming care for transgender youth, is unconstitutional under the Montana state constitution’s privacy clause.
Issue Areas: 2S-LGBTQIA+ Rights

Montana Court Blocks New Restrictions on Abortion Clinics

The new restrictions were set to take effect later this month and would have forced multiple clinics to close or stop providing abortion care.

ACLU of Montana Statement on Abortion Rights Amendment and State Supreme Court Elections

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.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom