Anti-abortion groups want the Department of Health and Human services to order clinics to cease operations and donate medical equipment like masks and hospital gowns to the coronavirus response. Abortion rights groups say delaying procedures causes harm.
A coalition of anti-abortion rights groups is asking federal health officials to urge abortion providers to shut down during the coronavirus outbreak.
In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, dozens of national conservative groups opposed to abortion rightsto urge abortion providers to"cease operations" and donate medical equipment like masks and hospital gowns to the coronavirus response. Signers include the Susan B. Anthony List, the American Center for Law and Justice, and the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
The letter also asks officials to make sure that access to medication abortion is not expanded via telemedicine or other methods as a result of the pandemic, and that emergency response funds are not given to abortion providers., who've ordered clinics in their states to stop performing most abortions as part of a larger effort to preserve personal protective equipment, or PPE, for medical professionals caring for COVID-19 patients.
Reproductive health groups, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, say abortion is an essential procedure, and that delaying it can be harmful to pregnant patients.
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