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Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients

An Associated Press analysis has found that hospitals are rarely fined for violating a federal law that is supposed to guarantee that patients with medical emergencies get the treatment they need

The Independent UK

Kansas woman sues hospital over claims staff refused to give abortion in ‘heated’ political environment

The woman was seeking an emergency abortion after her water broke prematurely

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Woman Denied Abortion Sues Kansas Hospital For Negligence

Woman sues hospital for denying abortion, risking her life. Case highlights challenges in restrictive abortion law states.

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This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement

A new law strengthening protections for pregnant workers has been a lifeline to many low-wage women seeking accommodations from employers who might otherwise have forced them into unpaid leave

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Anti-abortion states are targeting an emergency healthcare law. Will the supreme court side with them?

Justices to rule whether abortion bans should undo Emtala, the Reagan-era law requiring hospitals to treat emergency patients

The Guardian - US

Law protecting women seeking emergency abortions is target in US supreme court case

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act is at the heart of the court’s latest blockbuster abortion case, which comes out of Idaho

The Guardian - US

Malpractice lawsuits over denied abortion care may be on the horizon

A year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are refusing to end the pregnancies of women facing health-threatening complications out of fear they might face criminal prosecution or loss of their medical license.

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Abortion denials may trigger lawsuits

It's only a matter of time before a pregnant patient dies from lack of care, triggering a wrongful death claim

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Feds Investigating Hospitals in 2 States That Refused To Perform Life-Saving Abortion

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Reason

Woman 'left in pain and terrified' after two hospitals denied abortion

A groundbreaking investigation has found two hospitals put a pregnant woman's life in jeopardy and violated the law by refusing to provide an emergency abortion when she went into premature labor at 17 weeks

Daily Mirror

Two hospitals broke the law by denying woman emergency abortion, federal probe finds

A first-of-its-kind federal investigation has found two hospitals put a pregnant woman's life in jeopardy and violated federal law by refusing to provide an emergency abortion when she experienced premature labor at 17 weeks

The Independent UK

Feds: Hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the law

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Despite dangerous pregnancy complications, abortions denied

Increasing numbers of physicians and families nationwide say a post-Roe fear has come to pass: Pregnant women with dangerous medical conditions are showing up in hospitals and doctors’ offices and being denied the abortions that could help treat them

The Independent UK

Hospital probed after denying abortion

In the wake of Missouri's abortion ban, one hospital is in hot water after denying an essential abortion

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Missouri hospital investigated for allegedly denying an emergency abortion

The federal government has launched its first confirmed investigation of an alleged denial of an abortion to a woman experiencing a medical emergency.

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Missouri investigates hospital denial of emergency abortion

Missouri's health department is investigating whether a hospital violated federal rules in denying a woman an emergency abortion

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Missouri health department investigating hospital at center of abortion-related campaign ad

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is investigating a Joplin hospital where a woman said she was denied a medical abortion because of the state’s ban on the procedure, a situation that has gained a close focus in the race for U.S. Senate.

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