03/23/2022
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 21-0521
No. DA 21-0521
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORDER GRANTING AMERICAN
MONTANA, and JOEY BANK, COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND
M.D., on behalf of themselves GYNECOLOGISTS, AMERICAN
and their patients, ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS,
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSING,
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
Plaintiffs and Appellees, PEDIATRICS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF
MEDICAL GENETICS AND GENOMICS,
v. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NURSE-
MIDWIVES, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF
STATE OF MONTANA, by and OSTEOPATHIC OBSTETRICIANS AND
through AUSTIN KNUDSEN, GYNECOLOGISTS, AMERICAN
in his official capacity as COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, AMERICAN
Attorney General GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRICAL
SOCIETY, AMERICAN MEDICAL
Defendant and Appellants ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN MEDICAL
WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN
SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE
MEDICINE, AMERICAN
UROGYNECOLOGIC SOCIETY,
COUNCIL OF UNIVERSITY CHAIRS OF
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY,
MONTANA CHAPTER OF THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF NURSE
PRACTITIONERS IN WOMEN’S
HEALTH, SOCIETY FOR ADOLESCENT
HEALTH AND MEDICINE, SOCIETY
FOR MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE,
SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND INFERTILITY,
SOCIETY OF FAMILY PLANNING, AND
SOCIETY OF OB/GYN HOSPITALISTS
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR AS
AMICUS CURIAE
Upon motion of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Nursing,
American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Medical Genetics and
Genomics, American College of Nurse-Midwives, American College of Osteopathic
Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Physicians, American
Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, American Medical Association, American
Medical Women’s Association, American Society for Reproductive Medicine,
American Urogynecologic Society, Council of University Chairs of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Montana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, National
Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health, Society for Adolescent
Health and Medicine, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Society for
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Society of Family Planning, and
Society of OB/GYN Hospitalists for leave to participate as an amici curiae
(hereinafter “amici”) in the above-captioned matter, and good cause appearing
therefrom,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that amici’s motion is GRANTED. Amici shall
file their amicus brief by March 31, 2022.
Electronically signed by:
Jim Rice
Justice, Montana Supreme Court
March 23 2022