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March 14, 2024

U.S. Court Upholds Texas Law Barring Minors from Getting Birth Control Without Parental Consent
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The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a Texas law that prevents
young people from confidentially accessing birth control from clinics.
The court ruled clinics can be required to notify and get consent from
parents. Planned Parenthood criticized the ruling, saying it marks a
"significant and dangerous departure from decades of precedent that has
allowed all young people to confidentially get basic health care like
birth control through Title X."

In other reproductive rights news, Vice President Kamala Harris is
visiting an abortion clinic in Minnesota today in a show of support for
abortion rights. It's the first such public appearance by any president
or vice president.


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