Roe v. Wade Reversal Sparks Medical Tragedies in the United States: AP Investigation Reveals Disturbing Trends

After Roe v. Wade to go back, many conflicts and medical-medical tragedies happened in the United States. (Image/Dazhi/Associated Press)

In 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade (Roe v. Wade), which protected women’s right to abortion, which led to an increase in the number of cases of refusing to admit pregnant women to emergency rooms in the United States and a lot. A tragedy. failed to receive treatment.

In February 2023, the Associated Press submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the federal government for complaints related to pregnant women under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Childbirth Act (EMTALA) of 2022 , but found that the government only released some complaints. from 19 states and Audit files, and personal information of patients and medical staff was deleted. But the document has shown the harm done to women by overturning Roe v. Wade, with cold-blooded medical personnel avoiding any abortions to avoid prosecution.

As a result of the Roe v. Wade restored human rights in the United States. (Photo/Dazhi/Associated Press)

A week after Roe v. Wade back in Texas, a woman nine months pregnant was turned away by a doctor on duty at a community hospital because “there were no obstetric services in Houston, a large city in the state, a woman was pregnant also suspected to have lost blood due to miscarriage. A city hospital in North Carolina refused to examine a pregnant woman with abdominal pain. As a result, the pregnant woman gave birth in a car while being transported to the hospital, and unfortunately the fetus died.

Sara Rosenbaum, a professor of law and health policy at George Washington University, said that in states with stricter abortion restrictions, their emergency workers “see pregnant women as if they have the radiation” and that they are very afraid or even ask pregnant women to leave the clinic. . This situation occurs not only in the conservative Midwest, but also in Florida Pregnant women were not allowed to enter the hospital with guards When they finally got checked the next day, they were told the fetus had no heartbeat.

Huntzberger, an obstetrician-gynecologist who once practiced in northwest Idaho, said EMTALA was one of the few ways she could protect patients in Idaho, but she eventually moved to Oregon to perform surgery. done because of the abortion ban are not reported or investigated, and even if they are, there are no results.”

Citizens’ groups believe the federal government needs to do more to protect pregnant women. (Photo/Dazhi/Associated Press)

Conflicts caused by the reduction of abortion rights occur not only in hospitals, but also in the courts of personnel or treatment of resources”, moving the patient to another hospital to avoid responsibility.

Although the federal government is engaged in a legal battle with the state of Idaho on the grounds that the abortion ban violates federal law, and has imposed varying degrees of penalties on hospitals that refuse to treat pregnant women , several citizen groups believe that the federal government. the government needs to do more, for example, EMTALA, which has been in place for decades, cannot fully protect patients’ rights and further changes to the law are needed.