Still, once in office, Trump and his administration would have substantial power to further restrict abortion. And with Roe overturned, the avenues to do so are larger than they were last time. “There’s so many levers he could press,” said Greer Donley, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh who tracks abortion policy. Despite … Read more
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
In addition to cutting funding for the Office on Women’s Health, this year’s Republican budget would fully eliminate the Title X Family Planning Program, the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, and Healthy Start, the federal program meant to address infant mortality. Read more at Rolling Stone
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
When the Supreme Court issued its ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion that the court “should reconsider” its past rulings related to contraception. .. Part of that fight centers on Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive health care to low-income patients. … Read more
