Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden launched a probe in response to ProPublica ’s reporting on preventable maternal deaths in states with abortion bans.

Wyden requested documentation from eight hospitals to see whether they were complying with a federal law that requires them to stabilize or transfer emergency patients.

Sen. Wyden requested documentation from eight hospitals across the country that had been the subject of reports of delayed or denied emergency care for pregnancy complications.

The response revealed that many of the hospitals were relying on guidance created before the existence of abortion bans, the report said.

Only a few hospitals had created proactive guidance to help their providers navigate the new landscape.