Becker's Healthcare December 20, 2024
Paige Twenter

In states with total abortion bans, federal law requires physicians to provide an abortion if it stabilizes an emergency condition, but hospitals are leaving physicians to fend for themselves to navigate this “minefield,” according to a Senate Finance Committee report.

In September, the committee sent letters to eight hospitals after receiving “concerning reports of pregnant women being denied or experiencing delays in accessing emergency, stabilizing health care at their facilities,” the report said, from hospitals in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina and Texas.

Five things to know:

1. Citing declining birth rates and legal challenges, several hospitals and systems have shuttered labor and delivery services. One Idaho hospital said on Facebook that it closed its obstetric services...

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