Montana’s Supreme Court has upheld the temporary block on legislation that restricts access to abortion, while litigation unfolds in lower courts.
Four house bills and an administrative rule concerning abortion access, passed in 2023, were placed under a temporary injunction by Judge Mike Menahan of the First Judicial District Court in Helena, as litigation over their constitutionality continues.
The state argued that the District Court abused its discretion by issuing an injunction, but the state Supreme Court disagreed in both cases.
In two separate Oct. 9 court opinions, delivered by Supreme Court Justice Ingrid Gustafson, the court ruled Menahan was correct in issuing the injunction….