The Trump administration has moved to revoke Biden-era federal guidelines that require hospitals to provide emergency abortions to women, regardless of state law. It’s a stark reminder that amid the chaos of President Donald Trump ’s first few months back in office, the MAGA movement remains committed to denying women life-saving medical treatment, and their right to bodily autonomy.
The guidance — which Biden issued in 2022 in the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade — was essentially a reminder to hospitals that under the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act ( EMTALA ), emergency rooms that accept Medicare funding (nearly every emergency room in the country) are required to provide an exam and stabilizing care to any patient that walks throu