Texas parental consent law for teen contraception doesn’t run afoul of federal program, court says

Texas law requiring that minors have parental permission to get birth control does not run afoul of a federally funded pregnancy health program known as Title X, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.President Joe Biden’s administration had argued that Title X preempts the Texas parental consent requirement. But a panel of three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, largely upholding a 2022 ruling from a Texas-based federal judge.

"To the contrary, the two laws reinforce each other."It was unclear if the administration would appeal further. The Associated Press sent an email seeking comment to federal officials.The panel did reverse one part of Kacsmaryk’s ruling, however. The district judge had struck down a regulation — adopted after the lawsuit was being litigated — that forbade Title X-funded groups from notifying parents or obtaining consent.

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