{"id":2364,"date":"2025-06-06T11:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/06\/trump-administration-rolls-back-guidance-specifying-that-ers-must-offer-abortion-care-when-necessary\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:41:55","slug":"trump-administration-rolls-back-guidance-specifying-that-ers-must-offer-abortion-care-when-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/06\/trump-administration-rolls-back-guidance-specifying-that-ers-must-offer-abortion-care-when-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration rolls back guidance specifying that ERs must offer abortion care when necessary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/action-bar\/instances\/cmbgzvax7002o26p83zvobzmt@published\" data-label-id-prefix=\"action-bar-start-of-article\" class=\"action-bar\" 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    Follow            <\/button>            <button class=\"action-bar__button\" data-title=\"share options\">                                <\/button>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvax7002q26p84wqsbij7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services said Tuesday that they were rescinding 2022 federal guidance to health care providers specifying that people should be able to access an abortion in the event of a medical emergency, even if state laws restrict such procedures.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul0002336mpstms877@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The previous guidance from the Biden administration does not \u201creflect the policy of this Administration,\u201d according to an announcement of the policy change.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul0003336mekr4kt68@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            CMS added that it will continue to enforce the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known as EMTALA, and it specified that the policy included \u201cidentified emergency medical conditions that place the health of a pregnant woman or her unborn child in serious jeopardy.\u201d However, it remains unclear exactly what the change will mean for emergency care, particularly in states with highly restrictive abortion laws.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbh13qrs0002336mlz7fjoin@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmb71ewjh001h26p51qttgkqr@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP25147755532881.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.75\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap25147755532881.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">People gather outside the Missouri Supreme Court building on March 12, 2025, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo\/David A. Lieb)<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">David A. Lieb\/AP\/File<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Abortions canceled again in Missouri after ruling from state Supreme Court<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul0004336mn2imgug1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            EMTALA requires all US hospitals that have received Medicare money \u2014 essentially nearly all of them \u2014 to screen everyone who comes into their emergency rooms to determine whether the person has an emergency medical condition without regard for their ability to pay for services.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul0005336mnlab0gqd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The 1986 law also requires hospitals, to the best of their ability, to stabilize anyone who has an emergency medical condition or to transfer them to another facility that has that capacity. The hospitals must also treat these patients \u201cuntil the emergency medical condition is resolved or stabilized.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul0006336myqpvbmqt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Pregnant people were singled out in 1989, after reports that some hospitals were refusing to care for uninsured women in labor. Congress expanded EMTALA to specify that it included people who were pregnant and having contractions.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul0007336mrxrrwz2n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In 2021, the Biden administration released the Reinforcement of EMTALA Obligation, which says it is a doctor\u2019s duty to provide stabilizing treatment that \u201cpreempts any directly conflicting state law or mandated that might otherwise prohibit or prevent such treatment,\u201d although it did not specify whether an abortion had to be provided.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbh1423v0004336mulknxw2b@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm7w6mvwg004a2cnrg4l6af7u@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-AP25063726297685.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-ap25063726297685.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">People march through 8th Street in downtown Boise, Idaho, on May 3, 2022, in response to the news that the US Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Sarah A. Miller\/Idaho Statesman\/AP\/File<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Trump administration drops lawsuit seeking to ensure abortion access in emergency rooms<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul0008336mseuvhpyz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In July 2022, weeks after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that gave pregnant people a constitutional right to an abortion, the Biden administration\u2019s guidance further clarified that EMTALA included the need to perform stabilization abortion care if it is medically necessary to treat an emergency medical condition. If a state law banned abortion and did not include an exception for the life or health of the pregnant person, that law was preempted by the federal statute.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul0009336m2rzgindq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            After Roe was overturned, several states passed highly restrictive abortion bans. Thirteen have total abortion bans, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization focused on sexual and reproductive health that supports abortion rights. Twenty-eight states have abortion bans based on gestational duration: seven ban it at or before 18 weeks\u2019 gestation, and 21 states ban abortion at some point after 18 weeks.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbh1d2fm000a3b6m494sfs1i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Idaho has one of the more restrictive laws, making it a felony to perform an abortion at any stage of pregnancy unless it was necessary to save the life of a pregnant person.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000a336mpuz55j76@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In 2024, the US Supreme Court formally dismissed an appeal over Idaho\u2019s strict abortion ban. The decision was interpreted as meaning that pregnant people should be able to access an abortion in a medical emergency under EMTALA, but experts said that in reality, pregnant people were still being denied care. Some doctors even advised pregnant patients to buy life flight insurance in case they had an emergency complication that the doctors could not treat and the patient had to be flown out of state.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbh0nll50000336mclustkvj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In March, the Trump administration took a major step in support of states with abortion bans when it dropped a Biden-era lawsuit against Idaho that sought to protect abortion access in medical emergencies.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000b336mzw6fck7m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Tuesday\u2019s announcement from CMS says the agency will \u201cwork to rectify any perceived legal confusion and instability created by the former administration\u2019s actions.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbh14je20006336m5216pw20@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/clz5s13g1000pmvqhag7lf2u8@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"20240726-supreme-court-idaho-abortion-ruling-gfx-final.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625879043600562\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"2133\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/20240726-supreme-court-idaho-abortion-ruling-gfx-final.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\"><\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Photo Illustration by Jason Lancaster\/CNN\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Exclusive: Inside the Supreme Court\u2019s negotiations and compromise on Idaho\u2019s abortion ban<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000c336mt809y8ty@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a professional organization that represents the majority of practitioners in the United States, was critical of the move.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000d336mrc5b825m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cRescinding guidance clarifying protections for the care of pregnant people experiencing emergencies is a poor decision that will undoubtedly endanger the lives and health of pregnant women, who are already facing difficulties accessing needed abortion care during obstetrical complications,\u201d Molly Meegan, the group\u2019s chief legal officer and general counsel, said in an email Tuesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000e336mgso2sq1q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            She said the announcement will \u201cdeepen confusion\u201d about when emergency care is legal and exacerbate \u201coverwhelming barriers to care\u201d for people across the US.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000f336ml91vty8e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cAbortion is an essential part of medical care, and EMTALA protections should be afforded to all patients in need of emergency care, including abortion,\u201d Meegan said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000g336mqh0vwohh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The ACLU, Democracy Forward and the National Women\u2019s Law Center, organizations that have advocated for pregnant people\u2019s right to an abortion, were also critical of the new decision, characterizing it as \u201ccaving to its anti-abortion allies\u201d and saying it\u2019s a reversal of Trump\u2019s campaign pledge that he wouldn\u2019t interfere with abortion access.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbh14xnf0008336mp46uj26j@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/clxewe208000i26p90gbwhptq@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-USATSI_20577430.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6983333333333334\" data-original-height=\"1676\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-usatsi-20577430.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Mylissa Farmer stands for a portrait at her home in Joplin, Missouri, in September 2022.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Nathan Papes\/Springfield News-Leader\/USA Today Network<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Opinion: I was denied a life-saving abortion at two hospitals. Here\u2019s what I think of the Supreme Court decision<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000h336mck66vy2g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe Trump administration cannot simply erase four decades of law protecting patients\u2019 lives with the stroke of a pen,\u201d Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, deputy director of the ACLU\u2019s Reproductive Freedom Project, said in a statement.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000i336mddfwq3dt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            No matter where a person lives in the United States, Kolbi-Molinas said, they should have access to emergency care, and<strong> <\/strong>the ACLU<strong> <\/strong>will \u201cuse every lever we have to keep President Trump and his administration from endangering our health and lives.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000j336ml0aolcmr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women\u2019s Law Center, called the administration hypocritical for its push for a new American \u201cbaby boom\u201d while making a decision that the group says will put people\u2019s lives at risk.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbgzvgul000k336mofpyx5ga@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cTo be clear: this action doesn\u2019t change hospitals\u2019 legal obligations, but it does add to the fear, confusion, and dangerous delays patients and providers have faced since the fall of Roe v. Wade<em>,\u201d <\/em>Graves said in a statement.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abortion rights Maternal health Women&#8217;s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! 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