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.
He argues the abortion laws passed by the 2021 Montana Legislature “unquestionably enhance the health and safety of Montana women,” and represent basic regulations on the practice of medicine.
