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Trump Administration Attacks Federal Protections for Pregnant People in Emergency Rooms

06.03.25 (PRESS STATEMENT) —  Today, the Trump Administration announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is rescinding guidance meant to protect pregnant people in emergency rooms who need urgent abortion care, stating that it does “not reflect the policy of this Administration.” The guidance being removed was issued by the Biden Administration […]

CMS rescinds Biden-era guidance on EMTALA

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has rescinded Biden-era guidance documents on the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA).

Trump’s First 100 Days: 5 Attacks on Reproductive Rights You Might Have Missed

The Trump administration’s attacks on reproductive rights have flown under the radar amidst the chaos of its first 100 days in office.

DOJ drops case to protect emergency abortion care

The Department of Justice revealed it will reverse course and move to dismiss a case brought by the Biden Administration challenging Idaho’s abortion ban, which is one of the strictest in the nation.

Trump Admin Will Drop Case Protecting Emergency  Abortion Care at Hospitals  

03.04.25 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the Department of Justice revealed it will reverse course in a case brought by the Biden Administration challenging Idaho’s abortion ban—one of the strictest in the nation. The case sought to ensure hospitals are still providing emergency abortion care to patients as required by the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor […]

Wendy Simmons – EMTALA Complaint

This complaint was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Wendy Simmons, an Arizona woman who was denied abortion care at Northwest Medical Center in Tucson after experiencing preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (also known as preterm premature rupture of membranes, or “PPROM”) in October 2023, when she was 18 weeks pregnant. […]

Center Files Complaints Against Texas Hospitals for Denying Women Emergency Care for Life-Threatening Ectopic Pregnancies

Filings mark the latest Center work representing dozens of patients denied or delayed abortion care despite facing risks to their health, lives and future fertility.

Texas Women Ask Biden Administration to Investigate Hospitals that Denied them Abortions for Ectopic Pregnancies

08.12.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – In newly filed federal complaints, Two Texas women who faced life-threatening pregnancies are asking the federal government to step in after hospitals in the state refused them abortions. Both women had ectopic pregnancies, which are extremely dangerous and have no chance of survival—without timely treatment, patients can die. Filed by the […]