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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The HHS secretary can say whatever they want. It doesn't mean they know how things will play out in court. Hospitals employ leagues of lawyers to assess legal risk/exposure and with criminal penalties on the table in all of the 14 states where abortion is banned, it appears that they've determined its better to pay the fine than have many of their doctors and nurses go to jail.