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Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling.

Teen birth rates in Oklahoma have declined due to an increase in education and resources, according to a Tulsa non-profit.

Federal Title X clinics do not require parental consent for birth control — except in Texas, where a lawsuit upended the longstanding program.

The Title X program has long provided free, confidential contraception to anyone, regardless of age, income or immigration status. A North Texas federal judge ruled in December that the program violates Texas law and parents’ rights.

Teen birth rates are falling nationwide, reports The Rural Blog.However, birth rates for teens remain highest in rural parts of the country.Still, the…