Justices said anti-abortion groups failed to demonstrate the urgency required for the State Supreme Court to hear a legal challenge without it first going through lower courts.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Thursday to hear a bid by Montana to revive a law that requires parental consent for minors to obtain an abortion, a measure challenged by reproductive health and abortion provider Planned Parenthood as a violation of the Republican-led state's constitution.

The Supreme Court rejected Montana’s bid to revive a parental consent law for minors seeking abortion for now.