Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act

A medical exam room.

Twenty states, D.C. join in opposing Texas lawsuit on emergency abortion care

BY: - August 17, 2022

WASHINGTON — Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a brief in federal court on Tuesday, challenging Texas’ assertion that states shouldn’t have to comply with a federal law that protects doctors who end a pregnancy to save the patient’s life. The brief argues the judge in the case shouldn’t grant […]

Patients and doctors trapped in a gray zone when abortion laws and emergency care mandate conflict

BY: - August 9, 2022

This story first appeared in Kaiser Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. Each week, Dr. Kim Puterbaugh sees several pregnant patients at a Cleveland hospital who are experiencing complications involving bleeding or infection. The OB-GYN has to make quick decisions about how to treat them, including whether to remove the […]