Hospitals in Joplin, KCK cited for denying emergency abortion

Two hospitals -- one in Joplin and another in Kansas City, Kansas -- denied emergency care to a pregnant Missouri woman in violation of federal law because doctors and staff worried that doing so would violate state abortion restrictions.

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