A hospital emergency department in Jackson, Mississippi, one of several states with bans that outlaw most abortions, allowing it to save a woman’s life, but not to prevent severe health consequences.
The abortion case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday centers on a federal law requiring emergency medical care for any urgent condition, but its specific mention of one condition — pregnancy — will matter most.
The law requires that emergency departments provide stabilizing care not only to patients facing imminent death, but patients whose health would otherwise deteriorate.
There were alarming cases involving pregnant women in labor jettisoned from private hospitals before their babies could be born.
“I remember a young woman in labor who was sent to Parkland from another hospital — a religiously-affiliated hospital,” he said.
Persons:
”, Dr, Ron Anderson, “, Sara Rosenbaum, Rosenbaum, Roe, Wade, EMTALA
Organizations:
Labor, Parkland, George Washington University
Locations:
Jackson , Mississippi, Idaho, Texas, Dallas, Parkland, ”