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Emergency treatment law becomes focus of abortion fight

A decades-old law designed to keep hospitals from turning away uninsured patients is becoming a focal point in the post-Roe abortion debate.

What’s happening: The Biden administration on Monday issued new guidance stating that health providers who perform abortions in emergency situations are protected under federal law regardless of what bans are in place in their states, Axios' Oriana Gonzalez reports.


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