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Emergency rooms have been turning away pregnant women after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, despite federal mandates requiring a standard for their care. Federal law requires emergency rooms to treat or stabilize patients who are actively in labor and transfer them to another facility if they’re unable to provide that standard of care, and medical facilities that accept Medicare must comply with that law – although the Supreme Court will hear arguments next week that could weaken those protections, reported the Associated Press. “No woman should be denied the care she needs,” sa…

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