• The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal law that has been around for nearly 40 years and has always covered emergency abortion care, but anti-abortion extremists have been attacking it
• As a result of delays in emergency medical care, people have suffered traumatic experiences with devastating long-term health outcomes, some leading to heartbreakingly tragic, preventable death
• Oz’s ideology could lead to bans on abortion, threats to IVF and some forms of contraception, and the neglect or mishandling of EMTALA-related complaints, leaving pregnant people to suffer

• CMS is one of the largest federal agencies that administers vital health care programs for more than 160 million Americans.
• The administrator is key in determining whether state Medicaid programs include and expand coverage for family planning services for people with no or low incomes who would otherwise not have coverage
• They also handle emergency abortion care complaints and conduct investigations relating to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)

• Oz has a record of hostility towards abortion, praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and open the door for abortion bans, saying during his failed run for U.S. Senate that he “looked forward to supporting” anti-abortion policy and that abortion care should be between “a woman, her doctors, and her local political leaders.”
• He believes in “personhood” ideology which could lead to bans on abortion, IVF, and some forms of contraception. He has also said that he believes abortion is “murder.”
• Trump is packing his administration to the brim with extremists, and Mehmet Oz is no exception. Just like his other nominees, Trump knows he can count on Oz to carry out his dangerous agenda without question.

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