EMTALA was based on a Texas law that was passed after too many pregnant women in labor and/or in distress were turned away at hospitals. The combination of overwhelmed county (charity) hospitals and uninsured patients, colliding with increasing costs, led to the requirement to treat patients, regardless of finances (or anything else).
Now Texas is trying to get around it. Shameful. |
Not just shameful. It’s evil. And Texas women and men are going to oust the GOP. I have a good feeling. |
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Her body! Her choice! |
They are. Unfortunately I live in Southern Texas and three ob/gyns that I know of have moved to New Mexico. It's scary. |
Of course they have. Who does not know a women who had struggled with a difficult pregnancy it miscarriage or any number of other reproductive issues that are impacted by this new legal environment? Instead of working with your doctor, you now have the state of Texas way overly involved in your reproductive life. I really would not want my DDs to carry a pregnancy in texas at this point. |
So many forced birthers are going to reap the whirlwind, as they should. Unfortunately, so too will many normal people who think women should have rights. |