Supreme Court won't allow Oklahoma to reclaim federal money in dispute over abortion referrals
The Supreme Court has rejected Oklahomaโs emergency appeal seeking to restore a $4.5 million grant for family planning services in an ongoing dispute over the stateโs refusal to refer pregnant women to a nationwide hotline that provides information about abortion and other options.
Appeals court spikes Tennessee's bid to get family planning dollars despite abortion rule
A federal appeals court has rejected Tennesseeโs attempt to collect millions of dollars in family planning funds without complying with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure.
Texas sues over federal program that lets minors get birth control without parental consent
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (โHHSโ), Secretary Xavier Becerra, and other members of the Biden Administration for a federal contraception program that allows minors to get birth control prescribed without parental consent.
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 โ except in Texas, where a lawsuit upended the longstanding program.
Appeals court considers whether Texas teens should be allowed contraception without parental consent under federal program
Last year, Judge Matthew Kacmsaryk closed off one of the only avenues for Texas teens to get confidential contraception. The 5th Circuit will hear arguments on the controversial case Monday.
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 parentsโ rights.
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 โa fundamental right to control and direct the upbringing of his minor children.โ