Shanae Smith-Cunningham arrived at Memorial Regional Hospital on Dec. 21, 2022 — five days after her water broke, only halfway through her pregnancy. Despite her pleas for treatment and the risks to her health, staff at the Hollywood, Fla., hospital turned her away amid the state’s new abortion restrictions.

The decision to send Smith-Cunningham home put her life in peril, health officials later determined

  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
    8·
    7 months ago

    saving the mother is important enough to warrant terminating the pregnancy.

    Hard to have a pregnancy without a live mother.

    • jeffw@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 months ago

      I guess I should also clarify that the question includes: does EMTALA mandate an abortion in that circumstance? It requires stabilizing the patient.