In the aftermath of a Supreme Court ruling last week that dismissed an appeal over Idaho’s abortion law, two top federal officials sent letters to hospitals saying that they have a legal requirement to perform emergency abortions.
In a letter from Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Director Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to health care providers, the two said hospitals are required under the law to require what they described as stabilizing treatment, including abortions.
“No pregnant woman or her family should have to even begin to worry that she could be denied the treatment she needs to stabilize her emergency medical condition in the emergency room,” the letter said.
“And yet, we have heard story after story describing the experiences of pregnant women presenting to hospital emergency departments with emergency medical conditions and being turned away because medical providers were uncertain about what treatment they were permitted to provide.” […]
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