Patient Care at Hospitals After Roe V Wade Overturned

Published: July 7, 2022, 2:56 p.m.

b'The overturning of Roe V Wade has far reaching implications for hospitals and health care providers. Hospitals have a duty to care for every patient that walks through their emergency room, however that care may create a gray area that conflicts with new state laws on abortion.\\nHospitals are in every community across the country and will continue to care for women with very real and dangerous conditions in need of care.\\nTom Barker is a partner at Foley Hoag and focuses his practice on complex federal and state health care legal and regulatory. He was previously General Counsel for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Acting General Counsel for the Department of Health and Human Services. He joins the conversation today to highlight the critical questions that need to be addressed as the fallout from the SCOTUS decision continues.'