Texas is in the minority of states that requires parental consent before a teenager can get birth control, in virtually all circumstances. But there’s long been one exception to that rule: the federal Title X program, which provides confidential contraception regardless of age, income or immigration status.

This program has been a “lifeline” for teens in the Rio Grande Valley, Gonzalez said.

But no more.

  • @[email protected]
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    308 months ago

    Gotta get that birth rate up somehow, right-wingers need more poor teenagers with poor prospects that they can recruit into the meat grinder military

    • lurch (he/him)
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      I’m pretty sure half of them are incels who want to rape and impregnate girls to force them into marriage. I hope it turns out it doesn’t work like that.

      • @[email protected]
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        88 months ago

        Just wait, they’ll introduce a law allowing minors to marry without parental consent if it’s to the father of their (unborn or born) child

      • FuglyDuck
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        58 months ago

        Narrator’s Voice; “why do you make me do this to you?”

        Get wrecked, Texas.

      • PoliticallyIncorrect
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        Pedos are on both sides of the political spectrum, although obviously the more powerful and wealthy the subject, the more impunity…

        It’s not about political alignment, it’s more about power dynamics…

    • andrew
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      48 months ago

      Hey now, it’s not just the military. Think bigger! The whole machine needs orphans to crush.

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    What if they need it for medical reasons? But I guess I shouldnt expect these people to know the other ways they’re used since I doubt they paid attention in sex ed (assuming they even properly got it).