Texas sues Biden administration over confidential contraception for teens

Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune July 26, 2024August 12, 2024

Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling.

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How Texas teens lost the one program that allowed birth control without parental consent

Federal Title X clinics do not require parental consent for birth control — except in Texas, where a lawsuit upended the longstanding program.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune April 8, 2024April 23, 2025

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5th Circuit upholds Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent for contraception

A three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled that a Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent to obtain birth control does not conflict with the goals of the federally-funded Title X program, which has given teens birth control confidentially.

by Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune March 14, 2024July 6, 2024

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Texas family planning clinics require parental consent for birth control following court ruling

The Title X program has long provided free, confidential contraception to anyone, regardless of age, income or immigration status. A North Texas federal judge ruled in December that the program violates Texas law and parents’ rights.

by Eleanor Klibanoff and Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune January 4, 2023April 8, 2024

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Federal court ruling may prevent Texas teens from getting birth control without parental permission

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a former religious liberty lawyer, found that a federal program that gives teens access to birth control denies a parent ‘a fundamental right to control and direct the upbringing of his minor children.’

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune December 22, 2022August 17, 2023