US woman died after abortion ban delayed her medical care: report

Experts say this mother’s death was preventable after abortion ban delayed emergency care

In her final hours, Amber Nicole Thurman suffered from a grave infection that her suburban Atlanta hospital was well-equipped to treat. She’d taken abortion pills and encountered a rare complication; she had not expelled all of the fetal tissue from her body. She showed up at Piedmont Henry Hospital in need of a routine procedure to clear it from her uterus, called a dilation and curettage, or D&C. But just that summer, her state had made per…

Two Georgia Deaths Are Tied to Abortion Restrictions. Experts Say Abortion Pills They Took Are Safe

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to speak about abortion Friday in Georgia, where two women’s deaths have been tied to a state law that mostly bans the procedure after roughly six weeks.

Safety issues with medication abortion are extremely rare, experts emphasize

Two Georgia mothers, Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, died in 2022 because of a lack of care most likely tied to the state’s abortion ban, the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica reported this week. Both experienced complications after taking abortion medications, the reporting said — complications, doctors emphasized, that are exceedingly rare and entirely treatable.

Two Georgia deaths are tied to abortion restrictions. Experts say abortion pills they took are safe

The deaths of two women in Georgia have been tied to a state law that bans most abortions after roughly six weeks.

After Georgia Deaths Tied to Abortion Ban, Experts Maintain Safety of Abortion Pills

(MedPage Today) -- Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to speak about abortion Friday in Georgia, where two women's deaths have been tied to a state law that mostly bans the procedure after roughly 6 weeks. Amber Thurman died after waiting...

Georgia’s deadly abortion ban: The tragic deaths of two Black women, Candi Miller & Amber Thurman

Candi Miller and Amber Thurman, both Black women and mothers to young children, died after they were unable to access care for rare but typically treatable complications caused by medication abortion.