Trump Puts Lives at Risk by Revoking Emergency Abortion Guidelines for Hospitals

The Trump administration rescinded Biden-era guidance that explicitly required emergency rooms to provide abortions to pregnant patients if such care would save their lives.

Medical experts expect the policy shift to sow chaos in hospitals and endanger pregnant people throughout the U.S. The new guidance will only make it harder for hospitals to feel comfortable providing lifesaving care to pregnant people.

Doctors and hospitals are being threatened with criminal and civil penalties for providing abortion care.

“The hypocrisy is really glaring, because this is the exact same government that’s claiming to support children and families that want people to have more babies, but instead it is dismantling the system that protects the lives of pregnant people.