Affirms support for hospitals providing emergency care to pregnant people, including abortion services, under EMTALA.
The bill affirms and supports the requirement that hospitals provide life-saving emergency care to pregnant people, including reproductive and abortion services, when such care is medically necessary to stabilize a patient under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). It urges all hospitals in Hawaii to provide abortion care if it is the necessary stabilizing treatment. The bill addresses confusion caused by shifts in federal policy and guidance regarding EMTALA's application, emphasizing that EMTALA remains fully in effect and does not allow for religious exemptions.
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