Georgia abortion law not responsible for deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, pro-life doctors say

September 20, 2024

Medical professionals and experts are pushing back against a claim made by Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris that a Georgia abortion law caused the deaths of two women.

The Christian Post reports that Vice President Harris claimed that the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller were a “consequence of Donald Trump’s actions” due to his appointing Supreme Court justices who voted to return the right to states to pass laws regulating abortion.

Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) also said in a post on X earlier this week, that “abortion bans have fatal consequences.”

The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) said, in a statement to the Christian Post, that Thurman died despite taking abortion drugs as directed and seeking medical help when complications arose.

Their statement read, in part:

“Rather than highlighting the dangers of these drugs, which have caused numerous deaths, abortion proponents are instead trying to blame Georgia’s laws in their push to protect induced abortion at all costs.”

In 2022, Thurman obtained abortion drugs in North Carolina after learning she was pregnant with twins. She developed an infection a few days later because some of her babies remains were still inside her uterus.

Miller also took abortion drugs and her body likewise failed to expel all of her unborn child’s remains. Her autopsy showed a “lethal combination” of painkillers, including fentanyl.

On Wednesday, AAPLOG said that Miller died due to “false narratives” that deterred her from seeking care and that Georgia’s abortion law does not prevent doctors from providing emergency medical care, nor does it prosecute women seeking treatment after an abortion.

Georgia restricts abortion to before a baby’s heartbeat can be detected, usually around six weeks. 

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