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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

‘This is not a matter of opinion:’ State AGs instruct hospitals to continue providing emergency abortions despite state law

Democratic state attorneys general issued an urgent warning to hospitals across the U.S. that they must continue to provide emergency abortions despite state laws.

The 21 attorneys general issued the letter on the anniversary of the reversal of Roe v Wade and after the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rescinded guidance to hospitals about how to follow federal law on emergency reproductive care.

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