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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Eleanor Klibanoff

REVEALED: Texas sues biden administration over confidential contraception for teens | Rare Historical Photos

Patients wait to be seen at the People's Community Clinic in Austin, which provides state-subsidized health services to low-income families and individuals.
Patients wait to be seen at the People's Community Clinic in Austin, a federally qualified health center, which provides health services to low-income families and individuals. (Credit: Callie Richmond for The Texas Tribune)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced he is suing the Biden administration over a federal contraception program that provides teens birth control without requiring parental consent. The Title X program has long been the only way minors in Texas can access confidential contraception, but since a court ruling in 2022, Texas providers have been required to get parental sign-off.

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