This House resolution states that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care. It says bans and restrictions on reproductive health care can put pregnant people’s health and lives at risk. The text says some State laws that ban or limit abortion in emergency situations can force medical providers to choose between withholding stabilizing care or facing criminal prosecution. The resolution notes these harms can fall more heavily on Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, immigrants, people with low incomes, and LGBTQI+ people. It lists emergency conditions that may require abortion care, such as heart failure or high blood pressure related to pregnancy, premature rupture of membranes, severe obstetric hemorrhage or infection, placenta previa, and some missed miscarriages. The resolution concludes that every person is entitled to the emergency care they need, including abortion care.
This is a "sense of the House" resolution expressing the House of Representatives’ view that people should be able to get emergency care, including abortion care. The resolution does not itself create or change federal or state law. It has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and is listed as in progress. The text highlights situations where delays or denials of emergency care can harm patients and notes groups it says are more likely to be affected.
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Supporters in the resolution say bans and restrictions on reproductive care risk patients’ health and lives. They argue that state laws that appear to ban abortion in emergencies can force providers to withhold needed stabilizing care out of fear of criminal prosecution. The resolution also states that criminalization and restrictions have broad harms and disproportionately affect Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, immigrants, people with low incomes, and LGBTQI+ people. It says emergency departments should provide care without discrimination and that delays and denials put lives at risk.
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