Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions
Associated PressJUN 2
This decision corrects Biden's radical overreach that forced hospitals and pro-life doctors to perform abortions against their conscience. The guidance twisted a law designed to protect mothers and babies into an abortion mandate, creating confusion where none existed. Every state already has life-of-the-mother exceptions, making this federal interference unnecessary and harmful.
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There's a 15% chance that elective abortion will be banned nationally in the US before Jan. 1, 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.