Texas has yet again set the standard for terrible reproductive health policy.
This time it’s a decision by an Amarillo-based federal judge to make it impossible for any teen under 18 to secure birth control without parental consent.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a 2019 Trump appointee and former religious liberties lawyer, has ruled that the family-planning program known as Title X violates a parent’s “fundamental right to control and direct the upbringing of his minor children.”
