That statement, which was joined by leaders of the National Women’s Law Center and Democracy Forward, said pulling the guidance does not change providers’ legal obligation and will sow confusion that endangers pregnant patients. “Stripping...
Health advocates like Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, say those fears have now materialized. She warned in a statement that the CMS’s move to rescind the guidance “will...
The ACLU, Democracy Forward and the National Women’s Law Center, organizations that have advocated for pregnant people’s right to an abortion, were also critical of the new decision, characterizing it as “caving to its anti-abortion...
Now, Doctors for America has filed a motion to intervene in Catholic Medical Association v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al., which challenges EMTALA’s protections for pregnant people. Organization president Dr. Christine Petrin...
By laying off half of the DOE staff, a move carried out by Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, Trump’s order increased the caseloads of the remaining OCR case workers by 200% and shuttered seven of...
The National Women’s Law Center has tracked the harm to women, girls and LGBTQ+ people in Trump’s first 100 days. It notes that the administration has cut funding for domestic violence nonprofits and NIH grants for research into maternal...
