'Right to be let alone': Montana Supreme Court unanimously extends abortion rights

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

‘Right to be let alone’: Montana Supreme Court unanimously extends abortion rights against latest GOP efforts, rejects ‘excessive governmental interference’ in women’s lives

The Montana Supreme Court unanimously extended abortion protections in the state on Friday – amid an ongoing effort by the GOP governor and legislators to erode women’s medical rights.

In a 7-0 decision, the Treasure State’s highest court sided with an advanced practice nurse practitioner and a clinician who challenged a 2005 law that restricted who could provide abortion services.

“nder Montana’s Constitution, the right of individual privacy—that is, the right of personal autonomy or the right to be let alone—is fundamental,” the court noted, citing precedent. “It is, perhaps, one of the most important rights guaranteed to the citizens of this State, and its separate textual protection in our Constitution reflects Montanans’ historical abhorrence and distrust of excessive governmental interference in their personal lives.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/right-to-be-let-alone-montana-supreme-court-unanimously-extends-abortion-rights-against-latest-gop-efforts-rejects-excessive-governmental-interference-in-women-s-lives/ar-AA1b9r06

[cilla4progress]

1. Great news, right,

MontanaMama, 2nasalit?

[MontanaMama]

3. The BEST news, cilla!

Universe knows we needed this.

[2naSalit]

22. Indeed it is!

I am glad that we kept our Justices, we vote for them here, after the magats tried to oust them and plant their own kind on the bench.

I stand by my votes.

There's still hope!

[montanacowboy]

2. Well this will put a crimp

in Gianforte's blackshirts. 7-0, that's what you call decisive!!

[MontanaMama]

4. Boy howdy.

I hope he’s grinding his teeth to nubs.

[2naSalit]

23. I bet there are...

Some temper tantrums in certain places right about now.

[MontanaMama]

25. Lordy I hope so.

Wouldn’t that be awesome?

[2naSalit]

28. He has a temper.

Think about his response to your son's question. And his famous body-slamming event. He doesn't like it when he doesn't get his way.

[MontanaMama]

30. Most excellent.

I don’t want to tell you what my son called our gubnor…but it sounded like Governor TruckFace. I did not correct him.

[2naSalit]

31. You're a cool mom!

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. My brother is in Spokane and he made a comment once

that Montana is not as conservative as you might think. Lot of ranchers out there. They tend to be pretty practical.

[2naSalit]

24. And he is absolutely correct.

That is what I found when deciding to move here twenty years ago. Idaho population is a very different story that I got real tired of so I jumped over the state line and have not looked back. I go there a lot but I come home to Montana.

[leftyladyfrommo]

26. It's probably like it is here. There's rural and then there's

rural. Rural ranchers and farmers run multimillion dollar operations. They are college educated. They are conservative but not stupid.

[2naSalit]

29. There is a lot of that.

[edisdead]

40. uhhhh sorry but that isn't correct.

Montana is as fucking dangerous as it comes. I am there a lot and know lots of people out there. Including rancchers all up and down from Missoula down to darby over to wisdom, jackson, the big hole, dillon.


It is absolutely LOADED with nutjobs. Didn’t used to be that way but it is now. Know a gamily out there that has had to move and try to conceal that they are jewish. Outside of missoula and other college towns it is an absolute hellscape.

[NBachers]

6. "Isn't it time to get the Republicans off the backs of the American people?"

[Joinfortmill]

16. My thoughts, too.

[erronis]

20. Based on people like trump, they'd rather be into the fronts of American women.

One way or the other - they are out to screw all Americans.

[Marthe48]

7. Like they said

The right to be let alone. I would say the right to be left the hell alone! Good news

[Ford_Prefect]

8. It's in the state Constitution and has been ruled to apply this way previously.

The GOP insist this is one of several reasons why we need a state convention to rewrite the constitution. Polling suggests better than 75% of ALL voters disagree with that notion.

There is mixed opinion about different parts of the Constitution but virtually NO ONE trusts that the current State Legislature or Governor will actually improve it.

The general wisdom runs that too many of them have vested interests in making changes that would harm the state in favor of property developers or Big Mining at the cost to Montana Citizens and our quality of life here.

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. What a wake-up call to the party of 'small governmenrt'

Hypocrites.

[Red Mountain]

10. It's a theme

People want to be left alone.

[Warpy]

12. Wow, Montana!

I'm telling ya, some of these mountain states can shock the hell out of you.

Their SC was absolutely correct, these stupid laws are a massive government overreach into the personal lives of half the population plus their families, not to mention a massive violation of the anti establishment clause since they're all basically based on a misreading of one ill considered bible verse.

Here in NM, they just got all the old religious laws off the books a year and a half before TFG;s stacked court made their stupid decision.

[Eyeball_Kid]

13. YES! n/t

[stage left]

14. This Court

Got it right.

[judesedit]

15. Yay! Now other states need to follow Montana's lead.

I think Michigan has. Let's go dems. You are needed to step up to the challenge. I think you will win more elections if you show courage.

[Cha]

17. Whoa I bet magats are Pissed.

[BOSSHOG]

18. "Distrust of excessive governmental interference in personal lives."

Wow!! Sounds like that Supreme Court is comprised of small government conservatives.

Kinda hard for a marsha Blackburn type humanoid to argue against that logic.

Thx Montana Supreme Court.

My favorite author, James Lee Burke lives in Missoula but most of his books are set in South Louisiana. Highly recommended if you like flawed good guys and bad, bad guys who get their asses kicked in the end (metaphorically)

[TomDaisy]

19. THIS is GREAT messaging to use for 2024. Individual liberty is GUARANTEED to us

by the Constitution.

Every American is guaranteed personal liberty by the Constitution. It is fundamental.

[RoccoRyg]

21. Reminds me of this article...

Where Wyoming amending its constitution to spite the ACA backfired hilariously.

https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/23/23653183/abortion-wyoming-obamacare-barack-obama-supreme-court-johnson

[2naSalit]

27. So I am going to...

Use this as my basic argument to magats when I have to deal with them. Seriously freedom is represented by this point in our Constitution so they can take that and reassess their idea of freedom.

If they have freedom for activities they feel they need to participate in, then the rest of us have the freedom to do what we feel we need to do. If it is terminating a pregnancy for whatever reason, that's nobody else's fucking business, am I right?

And I will hear no argument otherwise because freedom.

[Hekate]

32. KnR!

[Sogo]

33. That's an awesome ruling from a reliably red state.

There's hope!!

[Skittles]

34. EXCELLENT

THIS IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF BIG GUBMINT AND REPUKES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AGAINST BIG GUBMINT

[sinkingfeeling]

35. Can we replace the SCOTUS with these guys?

[ratchiweenie]

36. We have a independent Supreme Court but this bunch of Nazis that are currently running the state

want a chance to rewrite the constitution so they can make major changes in how our state is run. They are one scary bunch. Most Montanans are pretty much of the "just leave me alone and I'll leave you alone" variety but the newly elected MAGA crowd wants to turn Montana into Idaho.

[BlueMTexpat]

37. Now - if Montana

could get rid of all GQPer MAGAt carpetbaggers!

Beginning with Gov Giant Fart!

[MarcA]

38. The Right to Be Left Alone; Fundamental Human Right

and it is to be Enforced. If not, then it's time for "When in the Course of Human Events".

[sheshe2]

39. Recommend 👍👍👍