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Showing Original Post only (View all)Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom [View all]
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroomWASHINGTON (AP) 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.
Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.
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, its 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.
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 dont have the staff or resources to treat them. Medical facilities must comply with the law if they accept Medicare funding.
Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.
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, its 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.
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 dont have the staff or resources to treat them. Medical facilities must comply with the law if they accept Medicare funding.
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In It to Win It
Apr 19
OP
I wish people who had blankets just put them down on the floor and make the woman
Maraya1969
Apr 19
#55
To be more specific, American pets and livestock receive better care than RED STATE women.
ShazzieB
Apr 19
#41
I heard this story, almost word-for-word, on my local news radio station (CBS-affiliate) early this morning.
BumRushDaShow
Apr 19
#15
There will be more more instances of this kind of twisted logic that has gone into these
OAITW r.2.0
Apr 19
#51
This just proves that Republcans are not human. They are not normal people. Republicans LIVE on hate, cruelty,
Traurigkeit
Apr 19
#47
Horrific. Thanks Repukes. Make America 1860 again. And they are. F 'em all.
Evolve Dammit
Apr 19
#57