The family of a Georgia woman who died after undergoing a medication abortion, later cited by Democrats as a tragic example of a red state's “restrictive” abortion laws, says her death occurred in a hospital. It is said that they are preparing to sue. lawyer.
Amber Thurman, 28, died in 2022 after experiencing complications from taking abortion pills. She went to Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge for a dilation and curettage procedure to remove leftover tissue from an aborted pregnancy, but hospital staff reportedly waited about 20 hours before performing the procedure. .
Prominent civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will represent the family in the upcoming lawsuit against the hospital. Crump said the hospital was responsible for Thurman's death and not Georgia's recent law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Spectrum News reported.
“Even under Georgia law, the doctor had a duty to act to save Amber,” Crump said last week. “She had taken abortion pills and there was tissue left. There was no viable fetus or anything that would prevent us from saving her life while she was suffering.”
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Attorney Ben Crump is representing the family of Amber Thurman, a Georgia woman who died from complications from a medical abortion. (Robin L. Marshall/Getty Images)
“You have a duty to stabilize her and then give her the option of going to another hospital.” Crump said. “But we can't let her die in agony in a hospital bed when we can prevent her death.”
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Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the LIFE Act in 2019, but it didn't go into effect until 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, effectively ending the Constitution's recognition of the right to abortion. .
Governor Brian Kemp is seen here delivering the State of the Union address in Atlanta on January 11, 2024, after signing Georgia's Heartbeat Act into effect. (AP Photo/Bryn Anderson)
Thurman's death in August 2022 was the first known abortion death since the Supreme Court decision, and Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, have criticized Thurman's death. blamed “restrictive” abortion laws backed by Republicans.
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Georgia's heartbeat law states that “no abortion may be performed if the fetus has a detectable human heartbeat, except in the case of a medical emergency or a medically futile pregnancy.” The law provides exceptions for abortions after six weeks of age, including in cases of medical emergencies, medically wasted pregnancies, or pregnancies resulting from rape or incest when the fetus' estimated gestational age is less than 20 weeks. We have set it up.
ProPublica first published a story about Thurman's death last month, blaming her death and that of another Georgia woman, Candy Miller, on the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the state's new abortion restrictions. he accused.
Harris addressed Thurman's death in an interview on Sunday's popular show. Podcast “Call Daddy”.
”[Thurman] Her family said she was very excited, ambitious and had plans. Then she found out she was pregnant and didn't want to go through it. And she lived in Georgia, but because she was over 6 weeks old, she couldn't receive care there. So she ended up going to another state…but couldn't make it there on time. And because other states were overwhelmed with women coming from southern states who couldn't get treatment in their own states, her appointment slots closed and she was given medication and basic needs instead of surgical procedures. I decided to receive treatment. After returning home, I developed complications and was bleeding, so I went to the hospital. ”
“And they delayed her treatment for 20 hours,” Harris continued, suggesting that Georgia law prevented her from receiving life-saving treatment.
In an earlier press release announcing that Crump would represent Thurman's family in court, Crump blamed Georgia's abortion laws for Thurman's death.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at the Philip Chosky Theater in Pittsburgh. (Rebecca Droke/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Amber Thurman's avoidable death is the horrific result of strict abortion laws that prioritize politics over women's lives. We are responsible for the hesitation caused by fearful healthcare workers. We demand justice for Amber and the delay in life-saving treatment that cost her her life is dangerous and unnecessary. We are committed to fighting for a country where no family should suffer such a devastating loss due to legal barriers,” Crump said in a press release. .
Obstetricians and gynecologists have criticized the Democratic Party's latest narrative as a misleading one pushed by the media.
“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.
“Democrats are focused 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. ”
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Thurman's stepfather, Elijah Warren, He called on Democrats, especially Harris, to stop politicizing Thurman's death, saying that seeing politicians talk about Thurman's death is “like a funeral that keeps repeating itself.” said.
“i can see [Harris] “We're using that as our only tool against Trump in Georgia,” Warren told the New York Post this week.
“She's going to push for it, and I'm hoping for that. But it's too much. Every time I watch it, it's like a funeral going on over and over again.”
Warren said he viewed Thurman's death from septic shock as “hospital negligence” rather than Georgia law.
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“They should have watched my stepdaughter…The abortion had already happened. There was no heartbeat,” he said. “I should have wiped her clean with a tissue. That would have saved her life.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Crump's office and the Harris campaign for updates on the upcoming lawsuit, but did not receive a response by publication deadline.
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