The 2022 guidance aimed to make clear that under EMTALA, physicians must provide a woman an abortion if needed to resolve a medical emergency and stabilize the patient even in states where the procedure is banned and that the federal law preempted any state laws that offer no exceptions for medical emergencies.
“The care crisis that everyone experienced during COVID really brought it home for people, in such a stark way, how little infrastructure we have in place to support us on such a fundamental and universal need," she said. "That has sparked a tremendous, exponential growth and awakening in our movement that can’t be undone.”A lot of people who care for their family members don't even know they are caregivers, she said. They often feel alone and don't know that solutions are possible.
“We each have a care story," Poo said. "And sometimes it takes seeing or hearing someone else’s to realize that we’re caregivers and that we actually share this really profound experience.”Cauli lives in New York and doesn't qualify for the state'sbecause he is married to his wife. The state's Medicaid members can hire a personal caregiver that is a friend or family member, as long as they aren't the patient's spouse or parent.
If he divorced his wife he could apply to be her paid caregiver, he said. But that "sounds silly" to him.“I feel like I’m being punished for doing the right thing,” Cauli said.
He's considered moving states to access better resources, but said that's "near impossible, financially."
He had to make major updates to their home to accommodate his wife's needs, including widening the doorframes and getting a new bed. He can't afford to hire in-home care.Ocala -- 75 miles northwest of Orlando -- currently has a city ordinance requiring fluoride to be added to the water supply. Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis
banning local governments from adding fluoride to public water systems.Gregory Davis, public information officer for the city of Ocala, told ABC News the city's council will be voting on Tuesday to amend the ordinance.
Ocala had been adding fluoride to the water supply since 1961 and had spent about $50,000 a year doing so, according to Davis.Davis said it's unclear how long it will take Ocala to remove fluoride from its water supply but added that the city's water resource team said it will be in compliance by July 1, which is when the state law goes into effect.