Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 23, 1998No. 97-0889PublishedCited by 533 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHankinson, Justice
PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and HECHT, ENOCH, SPECTOR, OWEN, and BAKER, Justices, joined.
On direct appeal, the Texas Commissioner of Health asks us to reverse the judgment of *440the trial court declaring rider 14 to the 1997-1999 Department of Health family planning appropriation to be unconstitutional. The rider forbids the use of state funds to dispense prescription drugs to minors without parental consent. Planned Parenthood challenged rider 14 on the grounds that' it conflicts with federal law and violates the unity-in-subject clause of the Texas Constitution. Because we determine that the…
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