Harris speaks about abortion in Georgia, highlighting deaths of two Georgia women
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Atlanta – Vice President Kamala Harris' visit to Georgia Friday is centered around one thing: women's reproductive rights.
The visit by Harris follows ProPublica's investigation into two women who recently died in the state. It found their deaths could have been prevented, but their medical care was hindered by Georgia's six-week abortion ban. Harris highlighted the stories of Candi Miller and Amber Nicole Thurman, the two women at the center of ProPublica's report, and argued cases like theirs would intensify if former President Donald Trump is reelected.
According to ProPublica, Thurman, who was pregnant, took abortion pills, but did not expel all of the fetal tissue from her body, a rare complication. She needed a routine dilation and curettage to remove the tissue, but the procedure was now a felony in Georgia. A doctor who performed the procedure could be prosecuted and sentenced to prison. ProPublica reported that doctors monitored "her infection spreading, her blood pressure sinking and her organs beginning to fail." By the time they operated, it was too late.
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