China News Agency, Washington, July 14 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The U.S. state of Texas filed a lawsuit against the federal government on the 14th local time over the guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide abortion services in emergencies.
On the 11th of this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidelines saying that in the event of an emergency, regardless of the state's abortion laws, doctors and medical institutions need to provide women with abortions in accordance with the federal law "Emergency Medical Care and Active Labor Act". services, in which case federal law takes precedence over state abortion restraining orders.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement on the same day that the Biden administration's guidance is to turn "every emergency room into a walk-in abortion clinic."
The state of Texas said in its lawsuit that the Biden administration's approach was a disdain for the Supreme Court's ruling.
Abortion services are not listed as emergency care in the Emergency Medical Care and Active Labor Act, and the U.S. Department of Health cannot require doctors and medical institutions to provide abortion services.
Currently, Texas law prohibits abortion after a fetus can detect a heartbeat (usually at six weeks in a woman's pregnancy), including pregnancies caused by rape and incest.
Regarding the lawsuit filed by Texas, White House press secretary Karina Jean-Pierre said it was another example of "extreme, radical behavior" by Republicans, "Depriving women of the right to receive life-saving treatment in the emergency room is unacceptable. of".
On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade case that protected women's abortion rights, meaning that women's abortion rights will no longer be protected by the U.S. Constitution.
It is reported that 13 states have abortion bans in effect after the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
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