Doctors must offer abortion if mother’s life at risk, Biden administration says

Doctors must offer abortion if mother’s life at risk, Biden administration says
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The Biden administration has told hospitals that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk.

Officials say federal law on emergency treatment guidelines pre-empts state laws in jurisdictions that now ban the procedure without any exceptions following the Supreme Court’s decision to end a constitutional right to abortion.

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