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Hospitals are required to stabilize anyone experiencing a medical emergency. Two lawsuits question whether that includes performing an abortion, despite state laws.
Federal regulations do not require emergency rooms to perform life-saving abortions if it would run afoul of state law, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.Af
5th Circuit federal appeals court ruled Biden cannot use a 1986 health care law to force TX emergency room doctors to conduct life-saving abortions if it violates state law.