The Montana Supreme Court finally ruled on a Planned Parenthood case over a 2013 law requiring parental consent for abortions, finding that it was unconstitutional because minors have the same rights as adults in Montana, including the right of privacy.
“The unanimous ruling found that, because the Montana Constitution grants minors the same rights as adults, the Parental Consent for Abortion Act ‘violates the fundamental right of a minor to control their body and destiny’ and again asserted the court’s 1999 precedent that abortion access is protected by the right of privacy outlined in the state Constitution.”
“Chase Scheuer, spokesperson for Attorney General Austin Knudsen, criticized the [unanimous Supreme Court ruling on a fundamental right guaranteed all Montanans in their Constitution] as ‘radical and out-of-touch'”. What else would one expect out of that radical and out-of-touch wannabe authoritarian AG office when it comes to our Constitutional rights.
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