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Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines introduced a resolution commemorating the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, emphasizing the need to continue defending unborn lives. Despite the federal shift, Montana voters approved a 2024 ballot initiative enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution, with multiple legal challenges to the initiative failing since then.

A Yellowstone County District Court judge upheld Montana's Constitutional Initiative 128, affirming that the full text of the abortion protection amendment does not need to be printed on the ballot. This ruling supports the 2024 voter-approved amendment allowing abortion up to fetal viability and rejects challenges from state Rep. Amy Regier and the Montana Life Defense Fund.

The Montana Supreme Court upheld an injunction against the 2023 law HB 937, ruling it likely violates the Montana Constitution by treating abortion clinics differently from other medical providers and interfering with patients' right to privacy and equal protection. The law's stricter licensing and inspection requirements for abortion clinics were blocked, preserving access to abortion services in Montana despite legislative attempts to impose hospital-like regulations on these clinics.