The otherwise healthy 28-year-old medical assistant, who had her sights set on nursing school, should not have died, an official #Georgia state committee recently concluded.

Tasked w/examining #pregnancy-related #deaths to improve #MaternalHealth, the experts, including 10 doctors, deemed hers “#preventable” & said the #hospital’s delay in performing the critical procedure [#abortion] had a “large” impact on her #fatal outcome.

#law #SCOTUS #AbortionIsHealthcare #ReproductiveRights #Health

…just that summer, her state had made [#abortion] a #felony, w/few exceptions. Any #doctor who violated the new #Georgia #law could be prosecuted & face up to a decade in #prison.

#AmberThurman waited in #pain in a hospital bed, worried about what would happen to her 6-yr-old son, as doctors monitored her infection spreading, her blood pressure sinking & her organs beginning to fail.

It took 20 hrs for doctors to finally operate. By then, it was too late.

#SCOTUS #AbortionIsHealthcare

#AbortionBans Have Delayed #Emergency #Medical Care. In #Georgia, Experts Say This #Mother’s #Death Was #Preventable.

≥2 women in GA died after they couldn’t access #legal #abortions & timely #MedicalCare in their state, @ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.

#law #SCOTUS #RoeVWade #Dobbs #AbortionIsHealthcare #abortion #ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveHealth
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-abortion-ban-amber-thurman-death

Under Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Died After Delayed Care

At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found.

^ProPublica

Their reviews of individual patient cases are not made public. But ProPublica obtained reports that confirm that at least 2 women have already #died after they couldn’t #access #legal #abortions & timely #medical care in their state [due to #AbortionBans & #restrictions].

There are almost certainly others.

#Georgia #law #SCOTUS #RoeVWade #Dobbs #AbortionIsHealthcare #abortion #ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveHealth

#LyndaCarter’s Sister Is Running in a Key #Arizona Race. #WonderWoman Is Sounding the Alarm

#PamelaCarter, a #RightWing #abortion foe, claims to have her family’s “full support” for her candidacy. Not exactly.

AZ’s 4th #legislative dist, located in the suburban heart of #MaricopaCounty, might be the ultimate bellwether in the ultimate bellwether state.

#Election2024 #USpol #AZpol #ReproductiveRights #AbortionRights #AbortionIsHealthcare #healthcare #fertility #IVF #law
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/lynda-carter-wonder-woman-pamela-carter-arizona-state-house-race/

Lynda Carter’s sister is running in a key Arizona race. Wonder Woman is sounding the alarm.

Pamela Carter, a right-wing abortion foe, claims to have her family's "full support" for her candidacy. Not exactly.

^{Mother Jones}