has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , Secretary Xavier Becerra, and other members of the Biden administration over a federal contraception program that allows minors to get birth control prescribed without parental consent.
The lawsuit involves a rule the Biden administration added to Title X, a program which was adopted during the Nixon-era that provides contraception confidentially to any person, regardless of age, immigration status, or income.
This rule came at the same time a 2020 court case was unfolding in Amarillo, where a father sued over the Title X provision, saying it violated his parental rights as guaranteed by the Texas Constitution. In that case, the court sided with the father, and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later upheld the decision—effectively requiring Title X providers in Texas to get parental consent before providing birth control.Ex-city of Houston water dept.
“By attempting to force Texas healthcare providers to offer contraceptives to children without parental consent, the Biden administration continues to prove they will do anything to implement their extremist agenda—even undermine the Constitution and violate the law,” said Paxton. “Federal courts have already shut down their previous attack on parental rights, and I will ensure that we stop them once again.