The group behind a ballot petition to enshrine abortion access in Montana’s constitution formally kicked off its signature gathering campaign this week.
For the second time in as many weeks, Arizona Republicans refused to strike down a near-total abortion ban from 1864, using a procedural move to block a Democratic effort to repeal the law.
Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen sent the group behind a proposed abortion access constitutional amendment its ballot petition ahead of Friday’s court-imposed deadline so the group can start collecting signatures.
he Montana Supreme Court has stepped into a dispute over the ballot statement for a proposed measure that would specifically protect access to abortion in the state Constitution
the ballot measure would add language to the state constitution, establishing “a right to make and carry out decisions about one’s own pregnancy, including the right to abortion.”
The Montana Supreme Court says a proposed ballot measure that would specifically protect access to abortion in the state constitution can continue through the process, overturning a decision from Attorney General Austin Knudsen to block the measure.
The group seeking to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot to enshrine abortion access asked the Montana Supreme Court to overturn the Attorney General’s finding of legal insufficiency for the measure.
The Montana Attorney General’s Office, led by Republican Austin Knudsen, this week told proponents of a proposed 2024 ballot issue seeking to affirm the right to abortion in the Montana Constitution that the proposal was legally insufficient.