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Ted Cruz Argued States Should Be Allowed to Ban Emergency Abortions
Ted Cruz Argued States Should Be Allowed to Ban Emergency AbortionsTexas Senator Ted Cruz complained during Tuesday night’s debate against his Democratic challenger, Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), that people need to stop asking him if he will support exceptions to Texas’ extreme abortion restrictions.
Texas has some of the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the country. As it stands, the law includes no exceptions for victims of rape or incest, and earlier this month the Supreme Court allowed Texas to continue implementing an effective ban on emergency abortions, even in hospitals.
As it turns out, Cruz quietly threw his support behind a right-wing bid to the Supreme Court that would have effectively stripped doctors of their right to perform emergency abortions in hospitals nationwide. Cruz was one of 26 U.S. senators who signed onto an amicus curiae supporting Idaho’s Republican attorney general, Raúl Labrador, in his bid to overrule a Biden administration directive requiring emergency rooms to provide necessary abortion care to patients.
In the aftermath of Roe v. Wade’s demise, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance alerting hospitals that they were required to “provide stabilizing medical treatment to your pregnant patients,” including abortion care, “regardless of the restrictions in the state.” The directive was based on the provisions established by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), a Reagan-era law requiring hospital emergency departments to treat individuals who seek care regardless of ability to pay, citizenship, or demographics.
Texas has some of the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the country. As it stands, the law includes no exceptions for victims of rape or incest, and earlier this month the Supreme Court allowed Texas to continue implementing an effective ban on emergency abortions, even in hospitals.
As it turns out, Cruz quietly threw his support behind a right-wing bid to the Supreme Court that would have effectively stripped doctors of their right to perform emergency abortions in hospitals nationwide. Cruz was one of 26 U.S. senators who signed onto an amicus curiae supporting Idaho’s Republican attorney general, Raúl Labrador, in his bid to overrule a Biden administration directive requiring emergency rooms to provide necessary abortion care to patients.
In the aftermath of Roe v. Wade’s demise, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance alerting hospitals that they were required to “provide stabilizing medical treatment to your pregnant patients,” including abortion care, “regardless of the restrictions in the state.” The directive was based on the provisions established by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), a Reagan-era law requiring hospital emergency departments to treat individuals who seek care regardless of ability to pay, citizenship, or demographics.
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HE will make the medical decisions 
