CMS has withdrawn a 2022 guidance issued under the Biden administration that reinforced hospitals’ obligations to provide emergency abortion care to women under the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

This week, nearly two dozen state attorneys general told hospitals they are still obligated under law to provide emergency abortion care services despite the federal government’s apparent shift on the ...

EMTALA remains the law, despite the Trump administration's revocation of related guidance, causing potential confusion among healthcare providers. The Dobbs decision has worsened women's health ...