In this June 24, 2024, file photo, abortion rights activists protest in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Aashish Kiphayet/Middle East Images via AFP via Getty Images, FILE

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday it is rescinding Biden-era guidance that uses a federal law to require hospitals to stabilize patients in need of emergency care -- including by providing an abortion.

In July 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance that, under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), doctors must perform abortions in emergency departments -- even in states where the procedure is illegal -- particularly if it serves as a "stabilizing medical treatment" for an emergency medical condition.

Emergency medical conditions in

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