While a majority of rank-and-file Republicans oppose a law guaranteeing a nationwide right to abortion, many support laws allowing access to abortion in certain situations.
Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights accused the state Secretary of State’s Office of inappropriately discarding signatures from registered but inactive voters and is threatening legal action.
Tim Sheehy, the Republican candidate seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana and give U.S. Senate control to the GOP, is campaigning on what he calls Tester’s and Democrats’ “extreme” position on abortion.
Karen Jarussi writes, "Women many decades ago fought courageously to protect our right to reproductive freedom. Many young people may not remember that time and take for granted their rights in this area."
A proposed constitutional amendment to protect the right to an abortion has qualified for Nevada’s November ballot, Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar announced Friday.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Idaho must provide abortion care to women facing serious health emergencies even if they were not at risk of dying.
Deborah Frandsen writes, "Candidate Tim Sheehy clearly does not understand the Montana value of personal privacy. Sheehy has called abortion “murder,” and is endorsed by an extreme anti-abortion group that supports a national abortion ban."
A document inadvertently uploaded to the U.S. Supreme Court’s website on Wednesday appears to indicate the court will send a case regarding emergency abortion care in Idaho back to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals .
A push to get a ban on some plastics on the November ballot could put the City of Missoula in a pinch regarding its new fiscal budget and the cost of the election.