Earlier this month, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas law that requires parental consent for minors to obtain contraception.
A three-judge panel affirmed a 2022 ruling from the U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, that stopped one of the only ways for teens and adolescents in the state to have access to birth control, in confidence, via federally funded clinics under Title X. Since 1970, Title X has provided free birth control to anyone across the country regardless of age, immigration status or income. First created with bipartisan support during the Nixon administration, Title X has now become a target from anti-abortion advocates.
