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Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom (apnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn’t offer an ultrasound. The baby later died.

The cases raise alarms about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S., especially in states that enacted strict abortion laws and sparked confusion around the treatment doctors can provide.

“It is shocking, it’s absolutely shocking,” said Amelia Huntsberger, an OB/GYN in Oregon. “It is appalling that someone would show up to an emergency room and not receive care -- this is inconceivable.”

It’s happened despite federal mandates that the women be treated.

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Federal law requires emergency rooms to treat or stabilize patients who are in active labor and provide a medical transfer to another hospital if they don’t have the staff or resources to treat them. Medical facilities must comply with the law if they accept Medicare funding. The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday that could weaken those protections.

Let's see how long that lasts.

Plus, the effect and point of many of these laws is to create massive liability to make pregnant patients untouchables. Running an OBGYN dept is becoming an unacceptable legal risk.

All is working as intended to harm women.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday that could weaken those protections.

And that's the crux of this whole fucking issue. The orange asshole got elected and weaseled in his judges to tip the balance of the highest court in America.

Just think what else he'll do if he's elected again.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't even understand what legal justification the SCOTUS could use to hamper the EMTALA. They would be wildly legislating from the bench to do so.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Like that ever stops them.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Blame everyone who nominated hillary over Bernie :(