The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, is a statute passed by Congress in 1986 to ensure that nobody who is experiencing a medical emergency is turned away from receiving health care. But...
“No one should be forced to undergo an experience that puts their life at risk, simply because a state politician wants that to happen,” says Alison Tanner, senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center,...
“Those stories are hugely sympathetic to the public, to voters,” said Gretchen Borchelt, the vice president for reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center, which is supporting the Biden administration in the...
The Biden administration and their backers counter that Congress added that language to make it clear hospitals must provide care to an unborn child even if the woman’s own health is not at risk. “That...
By Maribel Ramos, Director of Federal Government Relations at the National Women’s Law Center Women and families have been consistently undervalued since our country’s inception. Too often, investments in housing, affordable and quality healthcare, child...
“This is unacceptable and blatant discrimination that not only harms trans, nonbinary and intersex individuals, but limits the potential of all athletes,” Shiwali Patel, senior counsel at the National Women's Law Center, told ESPN. “It’s important...
