Abstract
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, ushering in a new era for abortion regulation. In some states, like Wisconsin, abortion was instantly re-criminalized. In rare but serious instances, health care providers faced the dilemma of deciding whether to delay care for emergency abortion services to save the life of a mother, for fear of criminal prosecution. As a result, some providers wondered if their professional liability insurance plan would provide a legal defense in the event of a criminal charge of illegally performing an abortion, though the facts may show it was to save the life of a mother.
Repository Citation
Erin Stuart,
Delayed Emergency Care: How Professional Liability Insurance Affects Doctors’ Decisions After Dobbs and What Needs to Change,
107 Marq. L. Rev. 1097
(2024).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/mulr/vol107/iss4/7
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