The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is promoting resources that advise Title X family planning clinics to deliberately leave parents in the dark as their children receive advice on sex, birth control use, pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted diseases, and other important questions about sex and family formation, according to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).
Rubio and colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra regarding the Biden Administration’s effort to alienate parents from Title X family planning services for minors.
“Healthy parental involvement is one the most powerful protections for children’s health. More importantly, parents have a right to oversee their children’s development and to be involved in their health decisions. Violating this right is detrimental to children and, in this case, it is against the law,” said the letter in part.
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“Many of these resources blatantly undermine parental rights and place vulnerable children at risk. One such resource advocates distributing birth control, and other contraceptives, to children without their parents’ knowledge. The document praises “creative ways to deliver prescriptions and supplies,” like mailing birth control in “plain, unmarked packaging,” offering “curbside pickup” at “locations frequented by youth,” and using mobile vans to deliver birth control and contraceptives directly to teens in their neighborhoods.
“Also linked is a webinar instructing clinicians to make sure teens are separated from their parents before giving them advice on sex or contraception. The webinar suggests that teens should take virtual family planning appointments in a locked bathroom, outside, or in a parked car so parents cannot overhear their conversations. The webinar advises federally funded Title X clinics to contact children directly via their personal email after an appointment so parents are kept in the dark if their children have received birth control, STD tests, or other services.
“These are the tactics of drug dealers and sexual predators, not reputable medical professionals. Healthy parental involvement is one the most powerful protections for children’s health. More important, parents have a right to oversee their children’s development and to be involved in their health decisions. Violating this right is detrimental to children and, in this case, it is against the law. Federal statute requires Title X grantees to “encourage family participation” in their services. Instead, HHS is educating doctors to keep parents in the dark.
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“Regrettably, these actions are not surprising given your department’s history of subverting parental authority. In 2021, HHS issued regulations that clearly violated federal law by attempting to prohibit “any Title X project staff” from notifying “a parent or guardian before or after a minor has requested and/or received Title X family planning services.” A Federal Court in Texas correctly ruled that these regulations violate parents’ constitutional right to “direct the upbringing of their children.
“Millions of parents are disturbed by the Biden Administration’s seeming attempt to replace them with radical activists. I hope you will delete the resources page for National Adolescent Health Month until your staff curates an appropriate list of materials that support and encourage parental involvement in their children’s lives,” the letter concluded.
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