"becoming increasingly common for religious arguments to come to courts disguised as legal arguments

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Judge Kacsmaryk concurred, saying that “the use of contraception (just like abortion) violates traditional tenets of many faiths, including the Christian faith plaintiff practices.” He also claimed that the presence of federal clinics in Texas, where parental consent is otherwise required for adolescent females to access contraceptives, caused an “immediate, present-day injury.”

The decision, which was based on Catholic catechisms and religious texts from the fourth century, has shocked legal experts, who say it shows how conservative Christian theology is becoming more important in the courts. University of Texas at Austin law professor, Elizabeth Sepper, stated that it is becoming increasingly common for religious arguments to come into the courts disguised as legal arguments. She added that we are witnessing a movement that began with a religious exemption, saying, “Let me structure my health care to suit my morals,” and that we are moving toward an agenda that says, “Let me structure all of health care according to my morals.”

The consequences of teen pregnancies can be detrimental for young women, with half of teenage moms getting a high school graduation by the age of 22, compared to 90 percent of young women who do not give birth as teens. Adolescent pregnancy can have a negative impact on the following generation, with children of teenage mothers being more likely to drop out of high school and wind up in jail or prison throughout their youth.

Dr. Stephen Griffin, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and a practicing OB-GYN, said that giving young women access to birth control is a “safety issue.” He also said that many parents don’t realize how sexually active their teenagers are.” We know that people who identify as regular church attendees are more likely to underestimate their child’s risk-taking behavior.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/teenage-girls-in-texas-can-no-longer-get-birth-control/ar-AA18q2hj

[mopinko]

1. we need to start filing complaints against these judges.

failure to uphold the 1st amendment.

[Phoenix61]

2. I hope someone is working on the appeal for that.

Interestingly, teens who believe pre-marital sex is wrong and sinful are more likely to end up pregnant than their non religious peers. If having sex is wrong then planning to have it is even worse so they don’t plan. That means nothing to prevent pregnancy. The whole, no sex before marriage made a lot more sense when we hit sexual maturity later and married younger.