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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

USA - non prosecution of illegally turning away pregnant women

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RedToothBrush · 13/09/2024 16:00

https://apnews.com/article/hospitals-patient-dumping-pregnancies-6a0fa0a16a42e4ceb4c8c14c5cd2c0f5?taid=66e447a5b6e1f10001ee2e28&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients

Despite law, hospitals refuse care to pregnant patients
A Reagan-era federal law that prevents hospitals from denying care to patients in need has been violated by dozens of hospitals that turned away or mistreated more than 100 pregnant patients in the past two years, according to government investigators. None of the hospitals faced penalties from the federal government.

The article talks about other conditions not just pregnancy but it's particularly relevant to pregnant women.

And abortion features in this. One of the comments is that if they enforced fines where appropriate - and maybe an abortion was medically needed - then perhaps it would prevent more harms to women.

It's a bloody awful thought that women in one of the most developed nations in the world, are turned away from hospitals whilst pregnant. Particularly because there's so much pro-life support.

FILE - Mylissa Farmer stands for a portrait at her home in Joplin, Mo., on Sept. 28, 2022. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP, File)

Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients

An Associated Press analysis has found that hospitals are rarely fined for violating a federal law that is supposed to guarantee that patients with medical emergencies get the treatment they need.

https://apnews.com/article/hospitals-patient-dumping-pregnancies-6a0fa0a16a42e4ceb4c8c14c5cd2c0f5?taid=66e447a5b6e1f10001ee2e28

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alpacachino · 14/09/2024 21:56

That's terrible

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