2 posts tagged ‘emergency medical treatment and active labor act’
After a Hospital Refused Her Emergency Abortion Care, Biden Admin Rejected Her Complaint
Jezebel,
In March, Jaci Statton, a 25-year-old mother of three in Oklahoma, says she was turned away by a hospital despite suffering from a nonviable, molar pregnancy. Molar pregnancies occur when an embryo has too many chromosomes and can result in developing tissue becoming cancerous. Statton’s emergency room doctor told her… Read more...
It’s Now Even More Dangerous to Be a Pregnant Person in Texas
On Tuesday evening, the famously conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas ruled that emergency rooms aren’t required to perform life-saving abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), regardless of federal guidance. Read more...