Montana’s Supreme Court ruled that a law requiring minors to obtain parental consent for abortion violates the state’s constitution.

From The Epoch Times. The Montana Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a state law requiring parental consent for minors to access abortion violates their right to privacy under the state constitution.

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Montana’s Parental Consent for Abortion Act has been held up in litigation since it passed in 2013. It requires girls under the age of 18 to obtain parental consent before seeking an abortion unless a judicial waiver is obtained. …

Justice Laurie McKinnon, writing the majority opinion, said the Consent Act’s classification imposed an undue burden on minors seeking abortions …

“The Consent Act, therefore, cannot be sustained against Plaintiffs’ privacy and equal protection challenges,” McKinnon wrote.

“Because a minor’s right to control her reproductive decisions is among the most fundamental of the rights she possesses,” she continued, “and because the State has failed to demonstrate a real and significant relationship between the statutory classification and the ends asserted, we hold that the Consent Act violates the Constitution of the State of Montana.”

A spokesperson for Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said that decision showed the court was radical and out of touch with constituents. …

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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: freestocks on Unsplash)