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Trump Administration Removes Hospital Guidance on Emergency Abortions

That decision has sparked responses from pro-abortion and pro-life voices alike.
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Trump Administration Removes Hospital Guidance on Emergency Abortions
President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for the new U.S. ambassador to China, former U.S. Senator David Perdue, at the White House in Washington on May 7, 2025. Leah Millis/Reuters
T.J. Muscaro
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The Trump administration announced that it was ending Biden-era guidance that directed hospitals to provide emergency abortions for women across the country.

Issued in 2022, the guidance was an effort to preserve abortion access nationwide for women in extreme cases in the wake of the Supreme Court issuing the Dobbs Decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and returned rulemaking on abortion back to the state level.

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T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.