Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said during the vice presidential debate on CBS News that the state's response to Roe's ouster, even though doctors had previously condemned such language as “fear-mongering.” claimed that a Georgia woman likely died because of Georgia's “restrictive” abortion laws.
“There's a young woman named Amber Thurman. She happened to be in Georgia, and there are restrictions in place in Georgia, so she had to travel a long distance to North Carolina for treatment. Amber Thurmond died on that journey.'' The fact of the matter is that our rights to life and rights as fundamental as our people's right to control our own bodies are determined by our geography. How can you say that it will happen?'' Walz said during a discussion with Vance about abortion. law.
“If Amber Thurman lived in Minnesota, there's a very good chance she'd be alive today. That's why we need Roe v. Wade back,” he said.
Walz joined Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance in New York City on Tuesday night for a serious discussion on this election cycle's key constituency issues, including the economy, immigration and abortion.
Obstetrician-gynecologist slams 'fear mongering' over Georgia's abortion law: 'Lies are hurting women'
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stumped the internet Tuesday when he mistakenly said he was “friends with a school shooter” during a debate with Sen. J.D. Vance on the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate. . (Getty Images)
Walz's comments come after ProPublica last month cited the deaths of two Georgia women, Amber Nicole Thurman and Candy Miller, as overturning Roe v. This comes after she published an article criticizing the state's new abortion restrictions after undergoing a substance-induced abortion. The Heartbeat Act states that “an abortion may not be performed if a human heartbeat is detectable in the fetus, except in the case of a medical emergency or a medically futile pregnancy.”
Democratic lawmakers, including Vice President Kamala Harris, have cited their deaths as evidence of the need to expand access to abortion following the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Healthcare Organization. There is.
“Does good policy, logical policy, moral policy, humane policy mean that health care providers should only begin providing that care until you are about to die?”Harris he said at a campaign event in Atlanta last month, referring to Thurman's death.
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Obstetricians and gynecologists have since criticized the report as a misleading narrative pushed by the media and Democrats.
Georgia doctors speak out to challenge state abortion law, misinformation about Amber Thurman's death
“I wasn't surprised to see this pro-abortion media trying to point the finger at Georgia's pro-life law, when in fact Georgia's law does not allow doctors to intervene to save a woman's life. ,” said Institute Deputy Director Charlotte Rozier. Medical Director Dr. Ingrid Schopf recently told Fox News Digital.
“The Democratic Party's focus is on Abortion is a problem It's simply because the American people don't understand the law. Women are often hurt by abortion. Women don't have to live their best lives. And of course, fear mongering and lies got us to this place today, and people even think there's a reason to push the law. ”
Georgia Republican Rep. Rich McCormick and state Rep. Mark Newton also believe Georgia's law had nothing to do with Thurman's death, but as doctors they are more concerned about the alleged complications from the abortion pill. claims to be the cause. Maybe I waited too long to arbitrate.
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McCormick said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital, “We will never deny a woman an abortion, because it will cause some harm to the woman. She will always be protected.”
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“Despite heartbeat laws, you still have the right to an abortion,” he continued. “So let's get it straight right now. When we say there are no exceptions, there's no law in any state that doesn't have exceptions. There's no such thing. That's just not the way it is. A mother's life. However, just because there are complications or something goes wrong doesn't mean you can easily get an abortion. ”
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Fox News Digital's Lindsay Kornick and Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
