Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, there has been a significant increase in complaints about pregnant women being denied emergency care in U.S. hospitals, covering the period from Oct. 31, 2021, to Sept. 1, 2022. Federal documents obtained by The Associated Press highlight a disturbing trend where women have been turned away from emergency rooms, leading to severe consequences such as miscarriages in hospital lobbies and births in less than ideal circumstances. Notably, one woman miscarried in a Texas hospital lobby restroom, and another gave birth in her car in North Carolina after being denied an ultrasound. This issue has been exacerbated in states with stringent abortion restrictions, where pregnant patients are described as 'radioactive' to emergency departments, according to Sara Rosenbaum, a professor at George Washington University.
Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents reveal. One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas ER as staff refused to admit her. https://t.co/si7Cy7ABdu
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The report covered the period from Oct. 31, 2021, to Sept. 1, 2022, meaning that it included the nine months before and the three months after the Supreme Court’s decision on June 24, 2022, overturning Roe v. Wade. https://t.co/cJ0UWZ6LNH
Pregnant patients have “become radioactive to emergency departments” in states with extreme abortion restrictions, said Sara Rosenbaum, a George Washington University health law and policy professor. https://t.co/Nl7285CDiJ
The number of pregnant women who say they were refused emergency care in the U.S. has gone up since Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to federal documents. READ MORE: https://t.co/hH1QyqE1h1 https://t.co/hH1QyqE1h1
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One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her... And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn’t offer an ultrasound. Powerful reporting from @AmandaSeitz https://t.co/hhwbBn0Mh5
NEW REPORT: Since Roe was overturned by SCOTUS, pregnant women are being turned away from US emergency rooms - even by security guards - and are being forced to miscarry or give birth alone in ER lobbies and parking lots. https://t.co/ft4R6MD7uS
Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal: https://t.co/6k3TtROxUg
“Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.” https://t.co/DPJdZeE4Tf
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