The Trump administration is revoking guidance to U.S. hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are needed to stabilize their medical condition.
According to the AP, the administration announced on Tuesday that it would no longer enact the policy in a move that raised concerns for some doctors and abortion rights advocates.
Trump ending Biden-era abortion policy
The backstory:
In 2022, guidance was issued to hospitals after the Supreme Court ended national abortion rights in the U.S. by overturning Roe v. Wade. It was an effort by the Biden administration to preserve abortion access for extreme cases in which women were experiencing medical emergencies and needed an abortion to avoid organ loss or serious hemorrhaging, and other serious complicatio