We were in D.C. today, proudly standing with partners, providers, and badass reproductive rights advocates. 💪

Together, we’re calling on #SCOTUS to protect EMTALA and ensure EVERYONE, including pregnant people in states with abortion bans, have access to emergency care.

We should not even have to say this, but here we are: The uterus is an ORGAN.
Our right to emergency care does not only extend to SOME OF OUR ORGANS.

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These are not hypothetical cases. Our lives are on the line.

📣 Say it with us: EMTALA saves lives.

The heartbreaking truth from Center for Reproductive Rights's senior staff attorney Rabia Muqaddam: 'These are not cases where a pregnancy will result in a child that a person could take home. Denying them care is just punishing people at their most vulnerable moment.'

The Supreme Court Justices are asking point-blank: Under Idaho law, would providers be allowed to intervene when a pregnant person's health and future fertility is at grave risk? Defendants refuse to answer—and things are getting SPICY.

Know this: Regardless of the outcome, we will not stop fighting until EVERYONE has access to the reproductive health care they need when they need it. Join us: secure.reproductiverights.org/a/join-us?sour…

⚠️ TODAY: The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case that could deny pregnant people emergency medical care and further upend abortion access across the country.

🧵⬇️ Here’s what you need to know.

Pregnancies are complicated. Studies show at least a third of pregnancies involve ER visits, and up to 15% include potentially life-threatening conditions.

EMTALA has allowed providers to care for these patients for nearly 40 years, saving countless lives. It MUST be protected.

Introducing REPRO WATCH: Our newest video series dedicated to keeping you informed about the latest developments in reproductive rights! Stay tuned for more!

Without full, unfettered bodily autonomy, we cannot truly be free.

Privacy rights 🤝 Reproductive rights

For nearly 40 years, federal law has protected patients, including pregnant ones, from being turned away at hospitals in emergencies. The case currently in front of SCOTUS could change that and further upend abortion access across the country.

⬇️ It's not too late to tune in.

Center for Reproductive Rights To pretend this is about being pro-life in any way is sad and utterly shameful!!! It is nothing less than punishment and an assault on women. Period.

Moreover, medical providers fearing prosecution will continue to flee those states, as they have in Idaho, leaving people with little to no maternal health care.
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In a medical crisis, we MUST be able to count on emergency care in hospitals. But now that extreme abortion bans have taken effect across the US, if you're pregnant and need emergency stabilizing care, you can no longer assume you'll be able to access lifesaving services.

For nearly 40 years, federal law has protected ALL patients from being turned away at hospitals during emergencies.

Tomorrow, SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in a case that will determine whether states are allowed to exclude a single group—pregnant people—from this protection.

💪Privacy protections for reproductive health data just got stronger.

This policy EXPLICITLY protects information about abortion care and puts nationwide restrictions on law enforcement’s ability to get details about a patient’s pregnancy, abortion, or contraception.

The Center also filed an amicus brief for this case on behalf of pregnant patients who have described their own harrowing medical experiences in Idaho, Texas, and other states with abortion bans. Read it here: reproductiverights.org/idaho-v-united…

Justices are coming in hot with REAL LIFE examples, holding anti-abortion defendants' feet to the fire, and citing harrowing stories including the ones we shared with the court ahead of this hearing.

Read their stories here: reproductiverights.org/idaho-v-united…