Looking for more recent news items and press releases? Click here. If you are a member of the media and wish to speak to a representative of the ACLU of Montana, please call (406) 541-0296 or email media@aclumontana.org.
Montana voters stood shoulder to shoulder with the LGBTQ community and rejected a ballot initiative intended to intimidate and harm transgender and non-binary Montanans. I-183 failed to gather the necessary 25,468 signatures to make it on the November ballot.
On Tuesday, a federal judge approved a settlement of the last remaining claims from a 24-year-old lawsuit over unconstitutional conditions at the Montana State Prison.
Today a state district court granted a preliminary injunction barring the state from criminally prosecuting advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who provide safe abortion care.
The Montana Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case to decide whether the Montana Constitution allows for public dollars to fund private, religious education determining whether tax credits for religious education violate separation of church.
The ACLU of Montana has issued right-to-know requests seeking information related to government surveillance of potential protesters and others opposed to the Keystone XL Pipeline. The requests also seek to uncover possible plans to suppress protesters’ free speech.
The Center for Reproductive Rights and the ACLU of Montana will be in state district court today in their lawsuit challenging an outdated and unconstitutional law that puts advanced practice registered nurses at risk of felony criminal prosecution for safely providing abortion care.