Montana Supreme Court
Planned Parenthood v. State
June 9, 20252025 MT 120
Summary
The Court affirmed summary judgment declaring three abortion-regulation laws unconstitutional under the Montana Constitution. It reaffirmed that Montana's express privacy right independently protects personal and procreative autonomy, requires strict scrutiny for laws infringing pre-viability abortion rights, and places on the State the burden to show a medically acknowledged, bona fide health risk and narrow tailoring. The Court held that the 20-week ban and medication-abortion restrictions failed that standard; the supplied text ends before the Court's analysis of the ultrasound and fetal-heart-tone law.