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Exclusive AP analysis finds hospitals are rarely penalized for violating federal law requiring them to treat pregnant patients in distress

FILE - Sacred Heart Emergency Center is pictured March 29, 2024, in Houston. The Biden administration is telling emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman's health. That's following last week's 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override the federal law that requires hospitals to stabilize patients. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Following up on her exclusive reporting about the impact of the Supreme Court overturning the national right to an abortion, Amanda Seitz obtained and analyzed federal records, concluding that hospitals are rarely punished for refusing to treat pregnant patients in distress despite a federal law requiring them to do so. Seitz worked with Kevin Vineys from interactives to create a graphic showing what happens after a complaint is filed. Katie Vogel was tapped to develop a social media plan and push alert for the story. The story was featured on the front pages of 10 newspapers, some of which held the story for a few days before publishing them. It generated dozens of page views on social media sites.

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