New Biden administration initiatives are expected to broaden access to abortions ahead of US Supreme Court battles threatening the scope of reproductive rights, though court watchers say President Joe Biden’s team is constrained from taking a more aggressive stance.
The efforts announced Jan. 22 include a broad plan to educate patients on their rights to and hospitals on their obligation to provide abortion services in emergency situations despite state laws saying otherwise. Whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) trumps local restrictions is a question before the Supreme Court, and one complicating matters for patients and doctors ...
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