Parental-Notice Birth Control Case Seen as Step to End Right (1)

The war over reproductive rights is moving to a new front—access to contraceptives—with the opening salvo being fired by a Texas federal judge in a case involving a parent’s right to know when their child seeks family planning services from a federally funded provider.

Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, on Dec. 20 held invalid and set aside a 2021 US Health and Human Services Department provision that was intended to protect client confidentiality by preventing Title X program providers from telling minors’ parents when underage people come in for ...