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The Trump administration announced on June 3 that it will revoke federal guidance ensuring hospitals provide emergency abortions when necessary to stabilize a patient’s health (Associated Press, 2025). The 2022 Biden-era policy was implemented after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade to clarify that hospitals must offer abortion care in medical emergencies—including cases of severe hemorrhage, organ failure, or other life-threatening complications.

On May 27th, 2025, the Missouri Supreme Court ordered Judge Zhang to vacate her injunctions against the abortion ban, citing that the judge had applied the wrong legal standards, which in turn led to the reinstatement of the abortion ban. It is worth noting that the Missouri Supreme Court did not rule directly on abortion access.