Under a new mandate from President Joe Biden, Christian doctors can be forced to perform elective abortions in an emergency.
In response, several national Catholic organizations are suing, with the support of a civil rights group.
Thomas More Society attorneys have filed an amicus curiae brief in a lawsuit seeking to block a Biden Administration directive that forces doctors to perform elective abortions in emergency rooms, the non-profit law form reports.
“The filing, made July 7, 2023, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, is on behalf of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops and seven national Catholic organizations, supporting the State of Texas in trying to block United States Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra from enforcing an illegitimate interpretation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act,” the Society reports.
“This law, frequently known as EMTALA, was flagrantly reinterpreted under guidelines issued by Becerra's department in June 2022. These guidelines have twisted the law's original intent, and now require medical personnel to provide elective abortions in emergency rooms,” the Society adds.
“Trying to force a physician to take the life of an unborn child under a law that is expressly designed to save lives is not only contradictory, but also ludicrous,” said Tyler Brooks, Thomas More Society Senior Counsel.
“An elective abortion is an intentional choice to kill a preborn baby and emergency medical treatment is intended to preserve life. This act, as interpreted by the Biden Administration, violates the conscience rights of medical personnel who believe that abortion is immoral. It is a blatant violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” said Brooks.
“EMTALA requires Medicare-participating hospitals to provide medical screening examinations to every individual, including women in labor, their unborn children, and newly born infants, when they present for care to dedicated emergency departments. This includes labor and delivery departments, or other locations on the hospital campus,” the Society reports.
“The Becerra-driven guidelines have now redefined abortion as critical care for pregnant women, which Thomas More Society attorneys say is a complete misrepresentation of the law's intent. In fact, as drafted, EMTALA protects the lives of both mother and unborn child,” the Society adds.
“This is a no brainer here,” remarked Brooks. “This is not about ectopic pregnancy or any situation where a mother's life is in danger. This is about elective abortion. This is about attempting to force live-saving emergency medical practitioners to take lives in a non-emergency situation. The only life at risk in this scenario is that of the preborn child.”
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