Oklahoma EMTALA Complaint

This complaint, filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights against Oklahoma Children’s Hospital, alleges that the hospital violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) when it denied medically indicated abortion care to a woman suffering a life-threatening pregnancy complication. The complaint under EMTALA—a federal law requiring hospital emergency departments to provide “stabilizing treatment,” which can include abortion care—was filed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).