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Texas sues Biden admin for requiring abortions in medical emergencies

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration over federal guidance that requires hospitals provide abortions to save pati

MSN

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton ® sued the Biden administration over federal rules that require abortions be provided in medical emergencies in order to save the life of the mother, even in states with near-total bans.

“The Biden Administration seeks to transform every emergency room in the country into a walk-in abortion clinic,” Paxton said in a statement announcing the lawsuit on Thursday.

The suit follows new guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that asserted federal law requiring emergency medical treatment supersedes any state restrictions on abortion in cases where the pregnant patient’s life or health is at risk.

Earlier this week, the Biden administration sent a memo to state officials reminding them of an existing law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, which “requires that all patients receive an appropriate medical screening examination, stabilizing treatment, and transfer, if necessary,” according to the HHS guidance. That requirement exists “irrespective of any state laws or mandates that apply to specific procedures,” the memo said.

Although the HHS guidance focuses on abortions performed in emergency situations, Texas officials have interpreted the memo as an order that all hospital emergency rooms must provide on-demand abortion services.

““The Biden Administration seeks to transform every emergency room in the country into a walk-in abortion clinic,” Paxton said in a statement announcing the lawsuit on Thursday.”

Sounds good to me 

What is meant to be the downside to that?

That sounds like an ideal situation to me, more access to abortion at more locations for those who want it

And I think that nauseating creatures like Paxton are proof that we desperately need to make it quicker and easier for people to get an abortion