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Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signs one of three bills restricting access to abortion in Montana as sponsor of one of the bills, state Rep. Lola Sheldon-Galloway, R-Great Falls, looks on in Helena. Mont., on April 26, 2021. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen asked the Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, to vacate a preliminary injunction that blocked three bills from taking effect in October. He's also asking the justices to overturn a 1999 opinion that found the state Constitution's right to privacy guarantees a woman's access to an abortion. That ruling is the basis of Planned Parenthood's challenge to the abortion laws. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signs one of three bills restricting access to abortion in Montana as sponsor of one of the bills, state Rep. Lola Sheldon-Galloway, R-Great Falls, looks on in Helena. Mont., on April 26, 2021. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen asked the Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, to vacate a preliminary injunction that blocked three bills from taking effect in October. He's also asking the justices to overturn a 1999 opinion that …

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Montana seeks to overturn court ruling on abortion access
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Montana seeks to overturn court ruling on abortion access

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 1999 opinion that found the state constitution's right to privacy guarantees a woman's access to an abortion — the opinion Planned Parenthood is using to challenge three new abortion laws.