(Helena – Montana Free Press) The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case about whether minors must receive parental consent for an abortion.
This case is revisiting a fraught legal question that Montana voters, lawmakers and residents have grappled with for more than a decade.
The case stems from two restrictions that originated in 2012 and 2013: a voter-approved referendum for parental notification when a minor under 16 years old seeks an abortion, and a law requiring parental consent for all abortion patients under the age of 18 that passed the following year.
Both laws were later challenged by Planned Parenthood of Montana, but the case stalled for years while being passed between judges at the district court level. Litigation on the matter continues.
This story was excerpted from the Montana Free Press, find the full article here.
