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OBGYN on Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published June 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM PDT
Areana Coles receives an ultrasound during a prenatal visit at the Oklahoma State University obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (Mary Conlon/AP)
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Areana Coles receives an ultrasound during a prenatal visit at the Oklahoma State University obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (Mary Conlon/AP)

Here & Now‘s Deborah Becker speaks with Dr. Nisha Verma about a federal law that supersedes state abortion bans called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.

Verma is a board-certified and fellowship-trained obstetrician and gynecologist providing care in Georgia. She’s also a senior advisor for reproductive health policy and advocacy at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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