Trump Just Checked Off Another Project 2025 Goal: Letting Pregnant People Die in ERs

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“This action sends a clear message: the lives and health of pregnant people are not worth protecting…”
President & CEO Dr. Jamila Perritt

On Tuesday, the Trump administration rescinded Biden’s 2022 guidance—issued after Roe v. Wade was overturned—that reminded hospitals (which receive Medicare funding) in states with abortion bans that, under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), they’re required to provide stabilizing abortion care to pregnant patients experiencing medical emergencies.

Shortly after the guidance was issued, the Biden administration sued Idaho, stating that its “near-absolute” abortion ban violated EMTALA and reiterating that the 1986 law supersedes a state-level ban;  Idaho argued that the administration misinterpreted EMTALA. The case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court in 2024 before the justices essentially “punted” it back to a lower court. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her concurrence, stated, “Today’s decision is not a victory for pregnant patients in Idaho. It is delay.” In March, the Trump administration officially dismissed the lawsuit, making it clear that they don’t care if pregnant people die.