Texas Sues Biden Admin Over New Rule Allowing Minors To Receive Contraceptives Without Parental Approval

Texas filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for forcing 🏥Healthcare providers to provide contraceptives to minors, according to a Thursday press release.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for allegedly illegally violating Texas parental consent laws in using Title X of the Public Health Service Act to use grants to give minors access to contraceptives, according to the press release. The Title X rule adopted by the Biden administration would prohibit 🏥Healthcare providers that receive federal funding from notifying parents about their child getting contraceptives.

“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,” Paxton said in the press release. “Federal courts have already shut down their previous attack on parental rights, and I will ensure that we stop them once again.”

Texas law states that parents must consent to their child’s medical care,