Threat Monitoring, Legal Resources: How Hospitals Adapted to Abortion Bans

Threat Monitoring, Legal Resources: How Hospitals Adapted to Abortion Bans

(MedPage Today) -- Hospitals in abortion ban states quickly developed standards to protect clinicians from legal risks when providing abortions in cases where the health or life of the mother is at risk, a qualitative study showed. Through interviews...

Doctors Get Criminal Defense Backup Under Abortion Laws – 710am KURV

Strict abortion laws in states like Texas are pushing hospitals to build new legal protections for doctors. A Duke University study released this week finds some hospitals are hiring criminal defense lawyers and adding job protections for physicians. Researchers found some hospitals even use 24 hour review panels or require two-doctor sign offs before medically necessary abortions. The concern is especially current in Texas, where a woman filed …