TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Thursday, as Wall Street’s
for their life-threatening pregnancies after states swiftly enacted abortion restrictions in response to a 2022 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, which includes three appointees of President Donald Trump.was an effort to preserve access to emergency abortions for extreme cases in which women were experiencing medical emergencies. It directed hospitals — even ones in states with severe restrictions — to provide abortions in those emergency cases. If hospitals did not comply, they would be in violation of a federal law and risk losing some federal funds.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency responsible for enforcing the law and inspecting hospitals,on Tuesday it would revoke the Biden-era guidance around emergency abortions. CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said in a social media post on Wednesday that the revocation of the policy would not prevent pregnant women from getting treatment in medical emergencies.“The Biden Administration created confusion, but EMTALA is clear and the law has not changed: women will receive care for miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and medical emergencies in all fifty states—this has not and will never change in the Trump Administration,” Oz wrote, using the acronyms for the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
The law, which remains intact and requires doctors to provide stabilizing treatment, was one of the few ways that Thurman was able to hold the emergency room accountable after she didn’t receive any help from staff at Ascension Seton Williamson in Round Rock, Texas in February of 2023, a few months after Texas enacted its strict abortion ban.Kyleigh Thurman, one of the patients who filed a federal complaint against an emergency room for not treating her ectopic pregnancy, talks about her experience at her studio, Aug. 7, 2024, in Burnet County, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Kyleigh Thurman, one of the patients who filed a federal complaint against an emergency room for not treating her ectopic pregnancy, talks about her experience at her studio, Aug. 7, 2024, in Burnet County, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Emergency room staff observed that Thurman’s hormone levels had dropped, a pregnancy was not visible in her uterus and a structure was blocking her fallopian tube — all telltale signs of an ectopic pregnancy, when a fetus implants outside of the uterus and has no room to grow. If left untreated, ectopic pregnancies can rupture, causing organ damage, hemorrhage or even death.He also said the Netherlands will continue to support Ukraine in its war against Russian aggression. The Netherlands has
, including F-16 fighter jets.“We remain committed to European cooperation and security. Dutch support for Ukraine is a key part of that,” he wrote.
WASHINGTON (AP) — El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump dijo que su homólogo ruso Vladímir Putin le aseguró “muy enfáticamente” el miércoles en una llamada telefónica que responderá al ataque con drones que lanzó Ucrania durante el fin de semana contra aeródromos rusos.Trump publicó en redes sociales que su larga charla con Putin, la cual se produjo en un momento en que se prolonga el estancamiento sobre las negociaciones de paz, “fue una buena conversación, pero no una que llevará a la paz inmediata”.