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09/16/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/16/2024 13:19

U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes, an Akron Democrat, on Thursday led more than 100 Democrats in introducing a resolution that, if passed, would clarify that the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act guarantees women's access to emergency abortion care in every state.
Sykes said restrictive abortion laws in nearly two dozen U.S. states make health care providers fear losing their medical licenses, being sued, or facing jail time if they provide emergency abortions even if a pregnant patients' life is in danger.
"This is completely unacceptable," said a statement from Rep. Sykes. "Women should be able to access the reproductive healthcare they need, whenever they need it."

Legislators cited a report by The Associated Press that found more than 100 pregnant women have been denied care since 2022 in introducing the two-page proposal on Thursday.
Women suffering from preterm rupture of membranes or dangerous ectopic pregnancies, for example, have been sent home without treatment or, in the worst cases, left to miscarry in public bathrooms.
The story of one Black woman who was charged with a felony after miscarrying at home, prompted Rep. Emilia Sykes, D-Ohio, to introduce the resolution Thursday. Ohio doctors would not terminate her non-viable pregnancy because of the state's abortion law at the time.

"The Supreme Court's ruling only increased chaos and uncertainty, leaving more women in danger and the door wide open for future attacks on reproductive health care," Sykes said during a news conference Thursday.
"So let me be clear, women should be able to access the reproductive health care when they need it, whenever they need it, but especially if they are in a life-or-death situation," she added.

"Women are in need of emergency care and being denied this care. And it is creating chaos and confusion and putting their lives at danger and putting the lives of their unborn children in danger as well," Sykes said. "We are just reaffirming, in case anyone is unsure that if a pregnant patient comes to your emergency department, you have to treat them. You cannot allow them to go into septic shock, to go into an even greater emergency."
"It's about saving lives, reaffirming that this country is about freedom and autonomy and being able to live your American dream."

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Ohio Capital Journal: Democrats introduce resolution stating U.S. House support for emergency abortion care
Jennifer Shutt | September 13, 2024

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