US supreme court dismisses Biden’s bid to force Texas to provide emergency abortions The guidance made clear that under that law physicians must provide a woman an abortion if needed to resolve a medical emergency and stabilize the patient even in states where the procedure is banned, and that the measure pre-empts state bans that … Read more
In California, where abortion rights are guaranteed, there’s a loophole. The growth of Catholic hospital systems, which restrict reproductive health care, has left patients with no other option for care. Read more at 19th News
“Texas law clearly allows for abortions to treat ectopic pregnancies, and federal law requires it. Yet, Kelsie and Kyleigh were denied absolutely urgent care,” said Beth Brinkmann, senior director of U.S. Litigation at the Center for Reproductive Rights. “It’s impossible to have the best interest of your patient in mind when you’re staring down a … Read more
Pregnant women are being denied care in emergency rooms, AP report finds According to the analysis, more than 100 pregnant women who sought help from emergency rooms have been turned away or negligently treated since 2022. Two women, one in Florida and one in Texas, had to miscarry in public restrooms. In a separate Texas … Read more
Both say the hospitals denied them appropriate stabilizing medical care, which hospitals that accept federal Medicare funding are required to do under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, also known as EMTALA. Read more at 19th News
Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s guidebook for Republican control of the presidency and Congress, is, unsurprisingly, coming for abortion rights. But in a new twist, they want to use a key disability rights law to do it. In Project 2025’s plan for the Department of Health and Human Services, Roger Severino, a former Trump administration … Read more
In addition to cutting funding for the Office on Women’s Health, this year’s Republican budget would fully eliminate the Title X Family Planning Program, the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, and Healthy Start, the federal program meant to address infant mortality. Read more at Rolling Stone
“It was ridiculous when the court said two years ago that overruling Roe was going to get the court out of the business of abortion,” said Leah Litman, a professor at the University of Michigan School of Law. “There’s an entire new frontier of abortion litigation that’s going to make its way to the court … Read more
Cadwallader added that issues like OBGYNs leaving the state and patients being airlifted to out-of-state hospitals will remain. “I think we’re going to see the transfers continue to happen,” she said. “I think we’re going to continue to lose OBGYNs and other doctors in our state.” Read more at Salon
The Supreme Court’s abortion ruling on Thursday is a narrow one that applies only to Idaho and sends a case back down to the appeals court. Confusion among doctors in states that have strict abortion bans remains widespread. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
