EMTALA Complaints Against Texas Hospitals

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The Center for Reproductive Rights filed complaints against two Texas hospitals on behalf of two women who were turned away after seeking treatment for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies.

Below are news and media highlights on the filings:

News from the Center for Reproductive Rights

“Center Files Complaints Against Texas Hospitals for Denying Women Emergency Care for Life-Threatening Ectopic Pregnancies,” 08.12.24
Press release: “Texas Women Ask Biden Administration to Investigate Hospitals that Denied them Abortions for Ectopic Pregnancies,” 08.12.24

Media Highlights

“Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law,” AP News, 08.12.24
“Texas women ask US agency to probe hospitals that denied abortions for ectopic pregnancies,” Reuters, 08.14.24
“Women claim Texas hospitals denied them abortions for ectopic pregnancies,” Washington Post, 08.13.24
“Texas women file federal complaint against hospitals for delayed ectopic pregnancy care,” The Hill, 08.12.24
“Texas women denied abortions for ectopic pregnancies file complaints against hospitals,” USA Today, 08.13.24
“Two women say Texas hospitals wouldn’t treat their ectopic pregnancies. Each lost a fallopian tube as a result,” The 19th, 08.12.24
“Texas women refused abortions for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies demand probe into hospitals,” The Independent, 08.13.24
“Texas women denied abortions for ectopic pregnancies file federal complaints against hospitals,” Austin American-Statesman, 08.12.24
“Arlington Hospital Refused Patient Life-Saving Care Because of State Abortion Laws, Federal Complaint States,” Dallas Observer, 08.12.24
“Turning Trauma Into Activism: She’s Fighting for Reproductive Rights in Texas and Beyond,” Texas Observer, 08.13.24
“Docs Fear of Treating Ectopic Pregnancies Risks Women’s Lives,” Newsmax, 08.12.24
“100+ Pregnant Women Neglected, Denied ER Care Since 2022,” Common Dreams, 08.12.24
“Despite Fed Rule, More Than 100 Pregnant People Denied Care by Hospitals and ERs,” Truthout, 08.12.24

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