Did You Know?
January 2, 2024
The 5th Circuit Federal Appeals court ruled that emergency rooms are not required to perform life-saving abortions. Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt, said the court “decline[d] to expand the scope of EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act).”
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“We agree with the district court that EMTALA does not provide an unqualified right for the pregnant mother to abort her child,” Englehardt wrote. “EMTALA does not mandate medical treatments, let alone abortion care, nor does it preempt Texas law.”
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'Let alone abortion care'? They really don't understand (and don't care) that abortion is basic healthcare that is at times required to save a person's life.
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Read the article in the Texas Tribune.
Early Abortion Looks Nothing Like What You’ve Been Told
When a sperm and egg get together, the body creates tissue in order to support the developing pregnancy. Here are photos of that tissue from 5-9 week pregnancies. This is called the gestational sac, and it’s like the “house” for the pregnancy. Inside this sac there are cells that have the potential to become a fetus but there is no visible embryo at this stage.*
5 Weeks
6 Weeks
7 Weeks
8 Weeks
9 Weeks
98.7%
Of abortions are performed in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, 34% in the first 6 weeks. Statistically insignificant (0%) after 30 weeks.*
62%
Of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
NEW POLL: 73% of young Americans think abortion should be legal in all or most cases.*