Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, has sued the Biden administration over a longstanding federal program that provides teenagers access to contraception without parental consent, the state’s latest attack against the federal government’s reproductive healthcare policies. Read more at The Guardian
State law requires minors to obtain parental approval before receiving contraception. But some federal clinics were exempt from that requirement — until now. Read more at 19th News
“Now we’re seeing abusive partners who can threaten someone’s livelihood and their families with a stack of civil and criminal penalties and use that as a way to ruin their life, where this specific tool just didn’t exist before Dobbs,” Durrani said, stressing that this reality very much applies to young people too, as evidenced … Read more
The birth rate among Texas teenagers hit a 15-year high in 2022, following the 2021 six-week abortion ban in the state. Read more at The Hill
The nearest abortion clinic – in Chicago – was too far away and too expensive for her mother to provide her with the procedure Read more at The Guardian
Florida’s rightwing Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has appointed a judge who was previously ousted over a controversial ruling where he denied a teenager an abortion, citing her school grades. Read more at The Guardian
Florida court rules parentless 16-year-old did not present ‘clear’ evidence she is mature enough to get an abortion Her petition to be granted an exception to the law states that she is not ready to have a baby, does not have a job and is “still in school” and her father is unable to assist … Read more
