NEW YORK, May 19 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following joint statement on May 18, 2023, with five organizations: * * * Montana abortion advocates filed an amended complaint in state court challenging HB 862 and HB 544, two new anti-abortion laws. HB 862, like the federal Hyde Amendment, would prohibit the use of public funds for abortion care in almost all cases, while HB 544 is almost identical to a recent health department rule limiting abortion access for Medi  more

NEW YORK, May 18 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed an unconstitutional statewide TikTok ban into law today, over the objections of the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, and other free-speech organizations. "With this ban, Governor Gianforte  more

HELENA, Montana, May 18 (TNSgov) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, serving as co-counsel with the Montana Attorney General's Office, filed a brief Tuesday asking a state court to deny Planned Parenthood's request to block enforcement of a state's pro-life law. On Tuesday, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed into law HB 721, which protects life and women's health by prohibiting gruesome dismemberment abortions. In the case,  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, May 17 (TNStalk) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement on May 16, 2023: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's signing Tuesday of HB 721, a bill that protects life and women's health by prohibiting gruesome dismemberment abortions: "Every human life is valuable, and every baby deserves to be protected. By enacting this critical legislation, Mon  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, May 20 (TNStalk) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement on May 19, 2023: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Legislative Advocacy, regarding Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's signing Thursday of HB 676, a bill that strengthens the freedom of parents to direct the upbringing, care, and education of their children: "Parents have the right to raise and educat  more

HELENA, Montana, May 17 (TNSres) -- The American Petroleum Institute issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: The American Petroleum Institute today released new analysis on the growing economic contributions of America's natural gas and oil industry in all 50 states, including investment in Montana ranging from taxes and workforce wages paid to indirect and induced jobs in retail, manufacturing, agriculture and other sectors throughout the energy supply chain. The study, commissioned  more

HELENA, Montana, May 19 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: Conservation groups filed suit in Montana District Court today challenging a Montana Board of Environmental Review (BER) decision attempting to invalidate a selenium water quality standard that was adopted to protect Lake Koocanusa from harmful pollution. The pollution originates upstream from open-pit Canadian coal mines. The board initially adopted the 0.8 parts per million standard in 2020 aft  more

LAUREL, Maryland, May 18 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists and engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have successfully delivered a miniaturized particle detection instrument for NASA's Relativistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL) CubeSat mission. Having shipped from APL's campus in Laurel, Maryland, the first-of-its-kind instrument arrived in Montana on May 15, completing a major milestone  more

HELENA, Montana, May 19 (TNStalk) -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following statement on May 18, 2023: * * * A Montana District Court issued a temporary restraining order preventing the State from enforcing HB 721, a new law banning D&E procedures - the safest and most common method of abortion after approximately 15 weeks of pregnancy. The ruling came after a request for relief was filed on May 16 by Planned Parenthood of Montana (PPMT) and its Chief Medical Officer  more