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

The groups work in dozens of school districts across the state, but some public health experts say their curricula can be misleading and biased.

Approved by both chambers, the bill is now on its way to the governor. Unless he vetoes it, the bill will become law, which means book vendors will have to assign ratings to books based on depictions or references to sex.

The decision to drop the course followed a Jan. 24 school board meeting that saw dozens of residents and parents speak out against the curriculum, which has been in place since 2014.

In conservative Sabine County, it’s hard for teens to access contraception or sex education beyond lessons on abstinence. The Deep East Texas region has one of the highest teen birth rates in the state.

The party planks specify what the Texas GOP believes students should and should not be taught in the classroom about gender and sex, signaling further shifts to the right. Critics say such policies would be harmful and discriminatory.

On Sunday, the BBC announced that Gatwa will star as the 14th all-time doctor in the legendary series “Doctor Who.”

Paxton equated the week of LGBTQ-inclusive activities with sex education in a letter to the district. Austin ISD says it’s about acceptance.

If you’re a parent or caregiver, you might have wondered -- or you might be wondering: How early is too early to start talking openly about sex? And when we say “sex” -- you don’t have to start with the entire conversation. A good place place to begin is with body parts; as in, call them what they are, without the nicknames. If you have the self-correction talk when they’re older, your kids might wonder: What else were we told, that wasn’t true? He’s not so much interested in platitudes and truisms, but instead, looking for the specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real advice from you about how you make it through your days.