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health2 years ago

Hospitals' Denial of Emergency Abortion Ruled Illegal by Feds.

Two hospitals in Missouri and Kansas violated federal law by refusing to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature labor, according to a first-of-its-kind investigation by the federal government. The investigation is a warning to hospitals around the country as they struggle to reconcile dozens of new state laws that ban or severely restrict abortion with a federal mandate for doctors to provide abortions when a woman’s health is at risk. The federal law, which requires doctors to treat patients in emergency situations, trumps those state laws, the nation’s top health official said in a statement.

via NBC News|
#abortion#emergency-medical-treatment-and-labor-act#federal-law
healthcare2 years ago

Hospitals cited for breaking federal law by denying emergency abortion.

Hospitals in Missouri and Kansas violated federal law by refusing to provide an emergency abortion to a woman who went into premature labor at nearly 18 weeks and risked developing a life-threatening infection, according to initial findings in a government investigation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The investigation underscores the persistent legal confusion in several states that ban abortions but carve out exceptions when a patient's life is at risk. The Health and Human Services Department's CMS found that Farmer's treatment at both hospitals violated a federal law known as Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act, which requires that hospitals provide stabilizing care to patients showing up in emergency rooms.

via ABC News|
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health2 years ago

Hospitals Violated Federal Law by Denying Emergency Abortion, Says HHS

Two hospitals, Freeman Health System in Joplin, Mo., and University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., are under investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services for violating the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) by refusing to provide an emergency abortion to a woman with life-threatening pregnancy complications. The National Women’s Law Center filed the initial complaint against the hospitals after doctors refused to terminate the pregnancy of Mylissa Farmer, who had lost all of her amniotic fluid and was at risk of severe blood loss, sepsis, or death. Farmer ended up traveling to an abortion clinic in Illinois for emergency treatment.

via The Hill|
#abortion#department-of-health-and-human-services#emergency-medical-treatment-and-labor-act
health2 years ago

Hospitals' Denial of Emergency Abortion Ruled Illegal by Feds.

Two hospitals in Missouri and Kansas violated federal law by refusing to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature labor, according to a first-of-its-kind investigation by the federal government. The investigation serves as a warning to hospitals around the country as they struggle to reconcile dozens of new state laws that ban or severely restrict abortion with a federal mandate for doctors to provide abortions when a woman's health is at risk. The federal agency's investigation centers on two hospitals that in August refused to provide an abortion to a Missouri woman whose water broke early at 17 weeks of pregnancy.

via ABC News|
#abortion#emergency-medical-treatment-and-labor-act#federal-law
health2 years ago

Hospitals Violated Federal Law by Denying Emergency Abortion, Says HHS Investigation.

Two hospitals in Missouri and Kansas violated federal law by refusing to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature labor, according to a first-of-its-kind investigation by the federal government. The investigation is a warning to hospitals around the country as they struggle to reconcile dozens of new state laws that ban or severely restrict abortion with a federal mandate for doctors to provide abortions when a woman’s health is at risk. The federal agency’s investigation centers on two hospitals that in August refused to provide an abortion to a Missouri woman whose water broke early at 17 weeks of pregnancy.

via The Associated Press|
#abortion#emergency-medical-treatment-and-labor-act#federal-law
health2 years ago

Hospitals cited for breaking federal law by denying emergency abortion.

Two hospitals in Missouri and Kansas violated federal law by refusing to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature labor, according to a first-of-its-kind investigation by the federal government. The investigation, launched after a complaint by the National Women's Law Center, found that the hospitals put the woman's life in jeopardy. The federal agency warned hospitals around the country to reconcile state laws that ban or restrict abortion with the federal mandate for doctors to provide abortions when a woman's health is at risk. The federal law, which requires doctors to treat patients in emergency situations, trumps state laws.

via Yahoo News|
#abortion#emergency-medical-treatment-and-labor-act#federal-law