Tag: EMTALA 1986 ruling
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Federal Appeals Panel Rules Emergency Abortions Not Mandated by 1986 Texas Law
Tuesday’s ruling by a Texas federal appeals court means the Biden administration cannot utilize EMTALA of 1986 to require hospitals to provide emergency abortions for pregnant women in danger. A series of judicial disputes over abortion limitations followed the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 abortion ban. In 2022, the administration informed hospitals that they must give…