Supreme Court declines to hear Montana underage abortion case

The Supreme Court declined on Thursday to revive a Montana law that would have required minors to obtain notarized parental consent before getting an abortion, leaving intact a state court ruling that struck down the measure under Montana’s constitution.

The justices turned away a petition from Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, a Republican, who argued the parental consent law was consistent with the U.S. Constitution’s due process protections, which the high court has said include a “fundamental right” of parents to direct a child’s medical care.