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The Texas Tribune reports:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced he is suing the Biden administration over a federal contraception program that provides teens birth control without requiring parental consent. The Title X program has long been the only way minors in Texas can access confidential contraception, but since a court ruling in 2022, Texas providers have been required to get parental sign-off.
Title X is a Nixon-era program that provides confidential contraception to anyone, regardless of income, immigration status or age. Federal regulations, and several court rulings, have long held that Title X providers cannot require teens to get parental permission to be prescribed birth control.
In 2020, an Amarillo father sued over that provision. Alexander Deanda was represented by Jonathan Mitchell, the former Texas Solicitor General and conservative legal firebrand. Mitchell filed the lawsuit in federal court in Amarillo, where only one conservative judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk, hears almost all cases.
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Mitchell and Kacscmaryk are also involved in the cases that seek to ban abortion pills and insurance coverage for PrEP medications.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary Xavier Becerra, and other members of the Biden Administration for adopting a rule that purports to nullify parents’ state-law rights to consent to their children’s medical care.
— Texas Attorney General (@TXAG) July 25, 2024
In 2022, Texas’ teen birth rate was 20.4 births/1,000 teens -46% higher than national average of 13.9 births per 1,000 teens. 70% of pregnant girls leave school. Texas sues Biden administration over confidential contraception for teens https://t.co/N8J7sSz6cE via @TexasTribune
— Sue Bornstein (@sue_bornstein) July 26, 2024