“For nearly 40 years, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) has required most hospitals to give ‘necessary stabilizing treatment’ to people facing emergencies, including those who are pregnant. It is foundational to a civilized, compassionate society and has served our country well. An adverse ruling in this case would change that, allowing or requiring hospitals to turn away people in urgent need of care. Already, we see women miscarrying and giving birth to stillborn infants in restrooms and in their cars after hospitals have turned them away, and medical professionals put in impossible positions by extremist lawmakers.

“Of all the horrors SCOTUS unleashed with its appalling, dangerous, massively unpopular ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the threat that pregnant people – most of whom are moms – will be denied emergency medical care is among the worst. An adverse ruling in this case will mean emergency rooms can deny urgently needed care to people experiencing serious pregnancy complications that can destroy their health, end their fertility, and take their lives.

“SCOTUS has already exacerbated our nation’s maternal health crisis, which puts women of color at greatest risk. Excluding pregnant people from the protections EMTALA offers would force even more hospitals to refuse treatment to those facing medical emergencies. It would mean more moms suffer and die. EMTALA saves lives. SCOTUS must maintain EMTALA’s protections for all. Pregnant people have a right to emergency medical care.”