Supreme Court allows Idaho to offer emergency medical abortions
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court allows Idaho to offer emergency medical abortions

NPR  

Supreme Court allows Idaho to offer emergency medical abortions toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, in a 6-3 opinion, temporarily allowed abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho. The decision reinstates a lower court ruling that temporarily allowed hospitals in the state to perform emergency abortions to protect the life of the mother, and the health of the mother. Three of the court's conservatives — Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — sided with the three liberals — Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson — in dismissing the appeal from Idaho without considering the core issues in the case. Rather, by a 6-3 vote, the court retreated from a previous ruling that had temporarily allowed Idaho's law to take effect, meaning that emergency abortions were illegal in the state if they were to save a mother's health, but not her life.

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Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing
2 weeks ago

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing

Associated Press  

PASADENA, Calif. — A federal appeals court scrutinized the impact of Idaho’s strict abortion ban on emergency medical care on Tuesday, weighing whether the ban criminalizing abortions should be enforceable in life- and health-threatening situations. Circuit Court of Appeals panel of 11 judges to urgently lift the injunction preventing the state from enforcing its abortion ban in emergency room settings, …

Court Rules Idaho Can Enforce Ban On Interstate Abortion Travel
3 weeks ago

Court Rules Idaho Can Enforce Ban On Interstate Abortion Travel

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A 9th U.S. The Monday decision is only a small part of a larger case surrounding the state’s so-called “abortion trafficking” law. “Trafficking a minor child for an abortion without parental consent puts both in grave danger, and we will not stop protecting life in Idaho.” The court’s ruling said that the state can enforce the “harboring” …

Federal court rules Idaho can enforce so-called 'abortion trafficking' law
3 weeks ago

Federal court rules Idaho can enforce so-called 'abortion trafficking' law

Raw Story  

Nearly two years after it was first proposed by Republican lawmakers, an Idaho law that, as one rights advocate said, essentially "traps" people in the state to stop them from getting abortion care, was permitted to go into effect on Monday after a federal appeals court ruling. The appeals court on Monday found that the "recruitment" portion of the law …

How A Recent Supreme Court Decision May Have Already Hamstrung RFK Jr.'s Big Plans
3 weeks, 3 days ago

How A Recent Supreme Court Decision May Have Already Hamstrung RFK Jr.'s Big Plans

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As public health advocates and politicians who support vaccines and other long-standing public health interventions face the possibility of conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the Department of Health and Human Services, they may find an unlikely source of assistance to block some of Kennedy’s most unsupported ideas: the Supreme Court. But with the case Loper …

Ohio attorney general appeals ruling striking down statewide abortion ban
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Ohio attorney general appeals ruling striking down statewide abortion ban

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s attorney general will appeal a ruling that struck down the most far-reaching of the state’s laws restricting abortion. A county judge in October determined that last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights effectively made the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional. Yost acknowledged in earlier court filings that the amendment rendered the Ohio ban unconstitutional, but sought to …

The Next Front Line in the Fight for Reproductive Rights
1 month, 1 week ago

The Next Front Line in the Fight for Reproductive Rights

Slate  

Trial began this week in another major abortion case, Adkins v. Idaho, that highlights the immense challenges new bans have created for patients and doctors. It may be that Adkins is a long shot: The case will likely end at the Idaho Supreme Court, which already seemed to reject constitutional arguments against its state law. The Idaho Supreme Court made …

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’
1 month, 1 week ago

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in …

Commentary: A second Trump administration could make abortion restrictions even worse
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Commentary: A second Trump administration could make abortion restrictions even worse

LA Times  

Mitzi Rivas, left, hugs her daughter Maya Iribarren during an abortion-rights protest at City Hall in San Francisco following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade in June 2022. Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling returning the decision on abortion to the states, nearly half enacted abortion bans, some of which have prevented women from getting emergency abortions …

Column: These red states say teens should be forced to have babies so the states don’t lose congressional seats
2 months ago

Column: These red states say teens should be forced to have babies so the states don’t lose congressional seats

LA Times  

Right-wing federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Amarillo, Texas, who will have another crack at outlawing medical abortions despite being slapped down once by the Supreme Court. “Each abortion,” they write, “represents at least one lost potential or actual birth.” Because of this “loss of potential population,” the states face “subsequent ‘diminishment of political representation’ and ‘loss of federal funds,’ such …

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions
2 months, 1 week ago

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A three-judge panel on Thursday …

Congressional Democrats push resolution that says hospitals must provide emergency abortions
3 months, 1 week ago

Congressional Democrats push resolution that says hospitals must provide emergency abortions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A resolution introduced by Congressional Democrats would make clear that U.S. emergency rooms need to provide emergency abortions when a woman’s health or life is at risk, despite strict state abortion bans. But since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the national right to an abortion and states enacted strict abortion bans, confusion and conflict have emerged when pregnant …

Trial canceled in North Dakota abortion ban lawsuit as judge ponders dismissal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trial canceled in North Dakota abortion ban lawsuit as judge ponders dismissal

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A trial looming in a lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s abortion ban was canceled Monday as the judge in the case weighs whether to throw out the lawsuit. The notice comes nearly a week after the state and plaintiffs, who include the formerly sole abortion clinic in North Dakota, made their pitches to the judge as to why …

In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions
5 months, 3 weeks ago

In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions

LA Times  

At Sacred Heart Emergency Center in Houston and other urgent care facilities, doctors are being told in letters from the Biden administration that they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health. The Biden administration told emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health, following last week’s Supreme …

In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions
5 months, 3 weeks ago

In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration told emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health, following last week’s Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override a federal law requiring hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment. It continued, “And yet, we have heard story after story …

"No real clarity": Supreme Court emergency abortion decision leaving Idaho physicians in the dark
5 months, 3 weeks ago

"No real clarity": Supreme Court emergency abortion decision leaving Idaho physicians in the dark

Salon  

Last week, the Supreme Court dismissed a case brought forth by Idaho that challenged doctors' ability to provide emergency abortions to stabilize a patient’s health and life. “EMTALA, as we previously understood it, is now fully functional in Idaho, so we can provide stabilizing, emergency care to pregnant women if that requires an abortion,” Kara Cadwallader, who is a family …

Opinion: If you were relieved by the Supreme Court’s abortion rulings this term, think again
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: If you were relieved by the Supreme Court’s abortion rulings this term, think again

LA Times  

Demonstrators gather outside the Supreme Court on Friday after the justices kicked the can down the road on whether federal law guaranteeing emergency medical care trumps state abortion bans. Emergency access to abortion has been a flashpoint in the chaotic aftermath of the Supreme Court’s overturning of the right to terminate a pregnancy in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Deccan Chronicle  

DES MOINES, Iowa: The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is a win for Republican lawmakers, and Iowa …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is a win for Republican lawmakers, and …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

LA Times  

Protesters and counterprotesters argue over a strict abortion ban in Iowa’s state Capitol in Des Moines last year. The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday said the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many …

Editorial: Supreme Court squandered a chance to protect medically necessary abortions
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Supreme Court squandered a chance to protect medically necessary abortions

LA Times  

A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24. The Supreme Court on Thursday put back in place an injunction from a lower court that blocks a draconian portion of Idaho’s abortion ban which only allows emergency abortions to prevent a pregnant person’s death. Ideally, the court would have ruled that …

'Doesn't have a clue': Sam Alito shredded for thinking he knows better than emergency docs
5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Doesn't have a clue': Sam Alito shredded for thinking he knows better than emergency docs

Raw Story  

After being mistakenly leaked earlier in the week, the Supreme Court published its decision in the hotly anticipated Moyle v. United States, which concerns whether federal law governing emergency medicine, known as EMTALA, overrides state bans on abortion in emergency situations. It’s worth reflecting on the medically inaccurate and completely infuriating cases Alito references in his quest to force emergency …

Despite Supreme Court ruling, the future of emergency abortions is still unclear for US women
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Despite Supreme Court ruling, the future of emergency abortions is still unclear for US women

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court did not settle the debate over whether federal law requires hospitals to stabilize pregnant patients with emergency abortions on Wednesday, despite saying Idaho hospitals can provide abortions in medical emergencies even with the state’s restrictions. Health and legal experts say Thursday’s order that divided the Supreme Court’s conservatives does nothing to protect pregnant women …

Sam Alito Isn’t a Doctor, but He’s Playing One at the Supreme Court
54 years, 11 months ago

Sam Alito Isn’t a Doctor, but He’s Playing One at the Supreme Court

Slate  

Much will be written about the impact of Moyle v. United States, the decision leaked on Wednesday and officially released on Thursday. Throughout his dissent Alito uses inflammatory language like “abortion on demand” to describe circumstances where patients and their providers may jointly decide to terminate a pregnancy in the course of emergency medical care. Alito goes on to say, …

Emergency abortions in Idaho can continue for the time being, US Supreme Court says
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Emergency abortions in Idaho can continue for the time being, US Supreme Court says

Hindustan Times  

The US Supreme Court on Thursday, June 27, affirmed a lower court injunction that allows abortion to continue in Idaho in cases of medical emergencies. Emergency abortions in Idaho can continue for the time being, US Supreme Court says Idaho is a state known to have very strict restrictions in place. Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote that the "shape …

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the most recent abortion case mandating that doctors provide life-saving abortions if a pregnant woman is dying and in the event her health is in jeopardy. "An Idaho law prohibits abortions unless necessary to prevent a pregnant woman's death; the law makes no exception for abortions necessary to prevent grave harms to the woman's …

Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortion Care In Idaho For Now
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortion Care In Idaho For Now

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court rejected an attack on emergency abortion care in Idaho in a Thursday morning ruling. Three Justices suggest, at least in this context, that States have free rein to nullify federal law.” “While this court dawdles and the country waits, pregnant people experiencing emergency medical conditions remain in a precarious position.” - Supreme Court Justice …

The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions, for now, in a procedural order that left key questions unanswered and could mean the issue ends up before the conservative-majority court again soon. The Supreme Court took up the Idaho case after the Biden administration sued to allow abortions in emergency cases where …

Supreme Court rejects Idaho’s appeal — for now — to ban abortions in medical emergencies
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court rejects Idaho’s appeal — for now — to ban abortions in medical emergencies

LA Times  

A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24 in Washington. The Supreme Court retreated Thursday from ruling on Idaho’s near total ban on abortions, leaving in place a judge’s order that for now allows doctors to perform abortions when necessary in medical emergencies. The justices in an unsigned order said …

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions

Salon  

On Thursday, The Supreme Court ruled that doctors are allowed to provide emergency abortions to stabilize a patient’s health and life, meaning Idaho’s near-total abortion ban does not take precedence over a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act The 6-3 opinion included three dissenting Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, while three of …

What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears ready to rule that hospitals in Idaho may provide medically necessary abortions to stabilize patients at least for now, despite the state’s strict abortion law, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on Wednesday to the court’s website and obtained by Bloomberg News. The Biden administration argues that Idaho’s law …

US Supreme Court accidentally releases major information on abortion ruling in Idaho
5 months, 4 weeks ago

US Supreme Court accidentally releases major information on abortion ruling in Idaho

Hindustan Times  

The US Supreme Court accidentally released an opinion that hints that abortions will be allowed in Idaho in case of medical emergencies. US Supreme Court accidentally releases major information on abortion ruling in Idaho The opinion seems to have been leaked by mistake. The published opinion shows that the supreme court would reject Idaho’s challenge citing that abortions should be …

Another major Supreme Court abortion ruling mistakenly posted online: report
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Another major Supreme Court abortion ruling mistakenly posted online: report

Raw Story  

A Supreme Court opinion mistakenly posted Wednesday showed the justices are poised to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho. The leaked decision shows the justices plan to reinstate a lower court ruling that said Idaho hospitals could continue performing emergency abortions to protect mothers. “The Court’s opinion in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States will be …

Justices seem set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now, a prematurely posted opinion says
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Justices seem set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now, a prematurely posted opinion says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to a copy of the opinion briefly posted on the court’s website Wednesday and obtained by Bloomberg News. The decision would reverse the Supreme Court’s earlier order that allowed an Idaho abortion ban to temporarily go into …

On the anniversary of the fall of Roe, Democrats lay the blame for worsening health care on Trump
6 months ago

On the anniversary of the fall of Roe, Democrats lay the blame for worsening health care on Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is using the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade to argue that Donald Trump is “guilty” of rolling back women’s freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis. Harris said Monday that Trump “intended” for his three Supreme Court picks to overturn Roe. “Trump has not denied, much …

Supreme Court won’t restrict access to abortion pill
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court won’t restrict access to abortion pill

Politico  

Thursday’s decision shifts the spotlight to conservatives’ other strategies to limit access to the drug, such as lobbying state legislators to pass laws prohibiting its use and paving the way for new restrictions in a potential second Trump administration. The high court’s decision does not prevent future administrations from rolling back access to mifepristone; it merely holds that anti-abortion doctors …

Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility

NPR  

Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge to the FDA’s rules for prescribing and dispensing abortion pills. She says that future challenges could come from conservative states that could reasonably argue that the FDA's accessibility regulations render restrictive state abortion laws moot. Mary Zeigler, a law professor at UC …

The Lawyer Defending Idaho’s Abortion Ban Irritated the One Justice He Needed on His Side
8 months ago

The Lawyer Defending Idaho’s Abortion Ban Irritated the One Justice He Needed on His Side

Slate  

Justice Amy Coney Barrett famously provided the crucial fifth vote to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022. Idaho’s abortion ban has no exception for the health of the patient; rather, it criminalizes abortion unless it’s “necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman.” EMTALA, meanwhile, requires virtually all hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment for any condition that “could reasonably …

Key moments in the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care
8 months ago

Key moments in the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion. The justices could make a major ruling — or they could rule narrowly on how Idaho’s state law interacts with the federal law, the the Emergency Medical Treatment …

Key moments in the U.S. Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care
8 months ago

Key moments in the U.S. Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The justices could make a major …

US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies
8 months ago

US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies

Hindustan Times  

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waded back into the battle over abortion access during arguments in a case pitting Idaho's strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law that ensures that patients can receive emergency care. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, who …

Supreme Court sounds wary of Idaho’s ban on emergency abortions for women whose health is in danger
8 months ago

Supreme Court sounds wary of Idaho’s ban on emergency abortions for women whose health is in danger

LA Times  

The Supreme Court will decide whether emergency room doctors are allowed to perform abortions if a pregnant person’s health is threatened. Prelogar urged the high court to rule that federal emergency care law applies nationwide and sometimes requires hospitals and their doctors to perform an abortion — regardless of any state restrictions on the procedure — if a pregnant patient’s …

Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over emergency abortions
8 months ago

Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over emergency abortions

CNN  

CNN — In a Supreme Court hearing on the Biden administration’s challenge to aspects of Idaho’s strict abortion ban, US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar sought to appeal to conservative justices who just two years ago ruled that states should have the ability to prohibit the procedure. As Turner danced around the “difficult” and “tough” situation her question as posing, she …

Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case
8 months ago

Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case

NPR  

Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case Enlarge this image toggle caption Catie Dull/NPR Catie Dull/NPR Inscrutable. Sponsor Message At the Supreme Court lectern Thursday, Idaho Solicitor General Joshua Turner defended the restrictive law, declaring that the state is entitled to make decisions about the practice of medicine within its borders. But he faced some unusually angry …

Editorial: Pregnant women are not incubators. Antiabortion states should not deny them emergency care
8 months ago

Editorial: Pregnant women are not incubators. Antiabortion states should not deny them emergency care

LA Times  

Hundreds march in a rally organized by Abortion Safe House LBC, a coalition of volunteers providing abortion services and safe shelter for pregnant people, in support of nationwide protests by Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights in Long Beach in 2022. It’s absurd that in the 21st century, the Supreme Court is debating how close to death pregnant women need to …

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in
8 months ago

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. Idaho says its law does have an exception for life-saving abortions, and it contends the Biden administration wants to define health emergencies more broadly to turn hospitals into “abortion enclaves.” Idaho …

What’s EMTALA, the patient protection law at the center of Supreme Court abortion arguments?
8 months ago

What’s EMTALA, the patient protection law at the center of Supreme Court abortion arguments?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether doctors can provide abortions to pregnant women with medical emergencies in states that enact abortion bans. The federal law, called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, requires doctors to stabilize or treat any patient who shows up at an emergency …

EMTALA oral arguments: SCOTUS has a chance to right its wrong.
54 years, 11 months ago

EMTALA oral arguments: SCOTUS has a chance to right its wrong.

Slate  

This week, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could have devastating and widespread consequences for pregnant patients, their families, and their health care providers—yes, even considering where we currently are with reproductive health care in this country. ​Before Idaho’s law took effect, a federal district court in the state found that EMTALA and the Idaho law conflict: When …

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant patients, leaving one woman to miscarry in a lobby restroom
8 months ago

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant patients, leaving one woman to miscarry in a lobby restroom

LA Times  

At Sacred Heart Emergency Center in Houston, front desk staff refused to check in a woman after her husband asked for help delivering her baby. “It is appalling that someone would show up to an emergency room and not receive care — this is inconceivable.” Federal law requires emergency rooms to treat or stabilize patients who are in active labor …

Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule
8 months, 1 week ago

Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule

Raw Story  

"Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Texas, meanwhile, has sued the Biden administration, saying it's using EMTALA as an end-run around state abortion bans to “mandate that …

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