Kamala Harris Pounces on Flawed Report About Georgia Woman’s Post-Abortion Death to Blame Trump
“This is a Washington Post writer spreading a lie to advance the left’s agenda. Georgia law had nothing to do with the situation and was not an impediment to take action. But narrative trumps truth for the Death Cult.”
On Monday, ProPublica published a conveniently timed piece in which they alleged that two pregnant Georgia women died due to the state’s law that limits abortions.
New: At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn't access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories. https://t.co/ZZhqtEQdWB
— ProPublica (@propublica) September 16, 2024
In the above story, through interviews with family members, friends, and a state maternal mortality review committee, ProPublica writer Kavitha Surana detailed the alleged experiences of 28-year-old Amber Nicole Thurman, who found out that she was pregnant with twins around the time Georgia’s law went into effect in the summer of 2022:
Thurman wanted a surgical abortion close to home and held out hope as advocates tried to get the ban paused in court, [her best friend Ricaria] Baker said. But as her pregnancy progressed to its ninth week, she couldn’t wait any longer. She scheduled a D&C in North Carolina, where abortion at that stage was still legal, and on Aug. 13 woke up at 4 a.m. to make the journey with her best friend.
On their drive, they hit standstill traffic, Baker said. The clinic couldn’t hold Thurman’s spot longer than 15 minutes — it was inundated with women from other states where bans had taken effect. Instead, a clinic employee offered Thurman a two-pill abortion regimen approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, mifepristone and misoprostol. Her pregnancy was well within the standard of care for that treatment.
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She took the first pill there and insisted on driving home before any symptoms started, Baker said. She took the second pill the next day, as directed.
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At first, there was only cramping, which Thurman expected. But days after she took the second pill, the pain increased and blood was soaking through more than one pad per hour. If she had lived nearby, the clinic in North Carolina would have performed a D&C for free as soon as she followed up, the executive director told ProPublica. But Thurman was four hours away.
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On the evening of Aug. 18, Thurman vomited blood and passed out at home, according to 911 call logs. Her boyfriend called for an ambulance. Thurman arrived at Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge at 6:51 p.m.
Though ProPublica did not discuss Thurman’s case with any of the doctors or medical staff involved in actually treating her, they said that medical experts they talked to agreed that ” it should have been clear that she was in danger.”
According to the report, “an ultrasound showed possible tissue in her uterus” which they say should have prompted doctors to perform a D&C to “remove the source of the infection.”
“Instead of performing the newly criminalized procedure, they continued to gather information and dispense medicine,” ProPublica alleged.
Had the D&C been done sooner, the maternal mortality review committee determined Thurman would have had a “good chance” of surviving.
But the surgery wasn’t started until some 20 hours after Thurman arrived at the hospital, and unfortunately, she didn’t survive it.
Not surprisingly, Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris pounced and seized on the story as evidence she was right about so-called “abortion bans” and how things would become worse for women if her opponent, former President Donald Trump, was elected:
Statement from Vice President Harris on new report of a 28-year-old Georgia woman dying after not receiving urgent care needed for an infection under Georgia’s extreme abortion ban https://t.co/sf1yJp3foG pic.twitter.com/kM0pq3qG3K
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 17, 2024
As it almost always is with these “we warned you this would happen!” stories from left-wing news sources, though, there’s more to it than meets the eye, although in this case, the flaws with the reporting were pretty obvious, as pointed out by LifeNews.com:
In Georgia, abortion is prohibited once the unborn child has a detectable heartbeat, with exceptions for medical emergencies, rape, and incest. Georgia law defines “abortion” as an act that “will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of an unborn child.”
The North Carolina abortion pills had already caused the deaths of Thurman’s unborn children. It follows, by definition, that nothing occurring five days later could have possibly violated Georgia’s anti-abortion law.
Pro-lifers on Twitter/X also had a lot to say in response to the story:
Georgia's abortion law didn't make a D&C in Thurman's situation a felony. It doesn't prevent interventions if either (1) there's no detectable heartbeat or (2) there's a medical emergency. Thurman's situation checks both boxes.
A woman died from medical incompetence after… https://t.co/LAS1FCvsyR pic.twitter.com/2etQS5qhzm
— Secular Pro-Life (@secularprolife) September 16, 2024
Conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey wrote:
Malicious disinformation. This woman died from her abortion.
She tragically tried to abort her twins via a medication abortion. As is too often the case, parts of the baby were left inside her, which caused her to suffer from fatal sepsis. Yes, she should have received a D&C and antibiotics. But that is not the fault of any Georgia law, which fully permits a D&C when the baby has already passed. She died because of the abortion pills and because of the negligence of doctors. She did not die because of any pro-life law.
Malicious disinformation. This woman died from her abortion.
She tragically tried to abort her twins via a medication abortion. As is too often the case, parts of the baby were left inside her, which caused her to suffer from fatal sepsis. Yes, she should have received a D&C and… https://t.co/bH9JYTELOt
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) September 18, 2024
This ProPublica piece on Amber Thurman's death is a masterclass in hackery and conjecture. There's literally nothing in the piece backing the claim that Thurman died because of GA's abortion law: https://t.co/1SILybKdUa
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) September 17, 2024
False. (Wanna fact check, @ABC @DavidMuir?)
Amber Thurman died as a direct result of dangerous at-home abortion drugs, which the left champions as “healthcare access.” https://t.co/zm5T7TlEqg
— Jenna Ellis (@realJennaEllis) September 18, 2024
This is pure demagogic misleading bs from Harris, and it actually endangers women who are harmed by abortion pills. https://t.co/InkreGYfmI
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) September 18, 2024
This is a Washington Post writer spreading a lie to advance the left's agenda. Georgia law had nothing to do with the situation and was not an impediment to take action. But narrative trumps truth for the Death Cult. https://t.co/PFbJbVT2sL
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 18, 2024
Further, a convincing argument could be made that rushing to make abortion pills so readily available without having to see a doctor and have them administer the regimen directly contributed to this tragedy:
Over time, these safeguards were whittled away in an effort to expand abortion access at all costs.
Obama's FDA greenlighted the pill for pregnancies as late as 10-weeks in 2016, even as it eliminated the requirement for follow-ups and diluted the provider standard & reporting. pic.twitter.com/GEHBIw3vJ4
— John Shelton (@jayshelt) September 18, 2024
All of these changes were met with HUGE backlash at the time.
Concerns that removing these safeguards would endanger women were mocked by progressive administrations.
— John Shelton (@jayshelt) September 18, 2024
And guess what? Harris has led the way on the issue of making access to abortion pills easier:
We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to grant a stay.
Access to mifepristone is preserved for now — and our fight to defend reproductive freedom continues. pic.twitter.com/SkHvBNUpa3
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) April 22, 2023
VP @KamalaHarris is slated to speak about abortion on Friday in Georgia following the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller in 2022 after the fall of Roe.
Both women died from complications from abortion pills.https://t.co/IOrq2yclBk
— Gabrielle M. Etzel (@UnvarnishedGME) September 18, 2024
I eagerly await the forthcoming “fact checks” from the usual corners. Not.
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abortions can be had at ANY TIME
the “womens life in danger” takes care of that
so any deaths are either for the reason of they couldnt be saved no matter what law was in affect
ORRRR
for political purposes
Im betting on political purposes 100% of the time
“Kamala Harris Pounces”
That makes it sound like she’s graceful.
A more accurate description would be: “She staggers over and plops down on it.”
Everything is talking around the reality: there are women voters and they’re not bright. The talk is about what they’ll fall for, not about the problem: them.
There’s much less concern about what men will fall for. They’re more into structure than feelings as a priority.
“ They’re more into structure than feelings as a priority” Oh really? Yet here you are with your feelings towards women on full display.
Truth hurts huh?
Call it what it is: another big fat lie from Harris to cover up her incompetence and ignorance, and her total lack of any substantive programs or proposals.
And think of this: didn’t these women die from the very pills that were paraded around as cartoon characters (actors in suits) at the DNC convention? The argument is really about the alleged safety of these pills, which the Dems push, but the Republicans question.
What a giant crock, almost as big at the whopper Walz is telling about a “pregnancy registry.”
Their entire campaign is based on lies and fear.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/free-abortions-being-offered-outside-dnc-could-land-planned-parenthood-trouble-irs
The only issue I have with this article is describing this woman dying from her wanting to murder her unborn baby as tragic. It’s not tragic. It’s just deserts. The woman would be alive if she didn’t try to murder her unborn child.
Twins actually. She killed two children.
Given that in a classical tragedy, the main “character will usually suffer greatly and fail as a result of their own flaws. (study.com)”, I’d say this does actually fit. If our main character had not been immoral/amoral enough to kill her unborn children, she would not have died.
From a classical sense, you are correct.
from a harris supporter named mark cuban ( wired interview the other day)
Do you think he’s going to win again?
I hope not. I don’t think this election is about policy at all. I think it’s about trust and comfort, and that’s why the double haters—people who don’t like Trump or Biden—are now going to go for Kamala. She and Walz are both somebody that if, you know, you invited them to dinner, it would be a comfortable, fun family dinner, right? You wouldn’t feel threatened. You can’t say that about Donald Trump.
SO HE IS THREATEN …POLITICALLY /INTELLECTUALLY by Trump
and I think that is the bottom line in allll of this
THEY CAN MANIPULATE THE LEFTY /RINOS
BUT TRUMP??? no sooo much
I highly doubt any normal person would classify a dinner with Harris/ Walz as either “comfortable” or “fun.”
This woman decided to murder her twins for convenience. Then she got killed by ill-advised use of abortion pills too late in her term. Sounds like the Dim insistence on abortion pills for all is what killed her.
OK, if one gives a recreational drug and the recipient dies they are jailed, so how about whoever gave the pill?and the re
There is even more to this. Evidently the proper procedure (in NC) requires the woman actually be seen for the second pill, and that hospital admittance and such be available for some period after taking the second pill. The clinic let her return to Georgia, where the proper administration of the pills was not then followed. It’s arguably more malpractice by the NC clinic than it is the Georgia hospital.
And, it is possible the hospital folks in Georgia were ignorant of the actual law there because their administrators are Progressives who believe the media (the Progressive prophets) rather than have lawyers figure out what their actual limits are.
Lastly…
days after she took the second pill
Sounds like she probably should have gone back to the clinic long before that last day. But she had a narrative to stick to, that abortion wasn’t dangerous to her and all would be well soon.
So she waited to long to take the pill.
Georgia would not prescribe it (?) so she went to a state, NC, where she could get it at the late stage.
The pill caused complications and she sought treatment back in Georgia but not soon enough.
I am not seeing how this is GA’s fault.
At minimum this points to the need for mifepristone to be administered under the care of a Physician who has admitting privileges at the local hospital. Had this been the case the woman would have had an admission to the hospital with a clearly communicated medical case history. At maximum it means revocation of the use of beyond 10 weeks.
No set of laws will ever overcome the biological reality that women will always be at higher risk of consequences from unprotected sexual activity. The modern problem is that women seem to wish to behave like the F boys they casually deride after they get pumped and dumped. Stop messing around with dudes who are not offering a long term relationship or at least stop hooking up with Chad for casual sex.
If women can’t/won’t then make sure you are on BC and require a condom then go take a plan b the next AM. Do those things and the need for abortion is practically eliminated. That would require taking personal responsibility and employing risk mitigation in their behavior and unfortunately many women seem to abhor consequences or boundaries.
The left wants a body count, so they’ll dispense misinformation and disinformation to that end. They’ll say you can’t get treatment for an ectopic pregnancy, you’ll be questioned for a miscarriage, no d and c’s allowed for any reason, no healthcare at all.
Why does Harris continue to tie State abortion laws to Trump? He has/had absolutely nothing to do with the state laws.
Yes, the current Supreme Court (three Justices appointed by him) gave abortion legislation back to the states, but Roe was a severely flawed decision, as even RBG acknowledged. It’s frankly amazing that such a flawed decision was allowed to stand for 50 years.
Because there are Republicans who support a national ban, and although Trump has said he’s against that idea he hasn’t definitively promised to veto it if it ever makes to his desk, largely because there is absolutely no prospect of that happening.
So the Dems are using this hypothetical scenario, which is guaranteed not to happen, to frighten voters into supporting them.
Yeah, I don’t know why he didn’t just answer that question in the debate. “Yes, I would veto it. But the point is moot, because without a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, which isn’t happening anytime soon, there is no way any federal abortion legislation will reach the desk of whoever is POTUS. And she knows that, and you know that, Yet you keep trying to make abortion an issue in this Presidential election when it’s not.”
And it’s not just the absolute numbers of Republicans— although probably not the same case for Democrats— but many Republican Senatorial candidates have pledged to not support any federal legislation restricting abortion access.
“The Supreme Court just ruled that it is a question for the states. A ‘National Ban’ is a flagrant violation of that ruling.”
That is not true. The Supreme Court has never said any such thing, and it couldn’t honestly say it.
So a woman dies from a botched abortion, and for some reason the crowd that doesn’t want abortions in the first place is somehow to blame?
Prog Logic 101
I wouldn’t say it was negligence. I suspect that the hospital deliberately adopted a policy of not doing the D&C in such cases, precisely in order to create cases like this that would be useful for propaganda purposes.
I suspect many hospitals in states with such bans have adopted such policies, justifying them officially by pretending fear of prosecution, but justifying them to themselves by reasoning that if they can use a few deaths to get the ban reversed then the benefit to future women who will once again have full access to abortion will outweigh the cost to the few women who die.