An OBGYN who is the head of a medical group has examined published reports and beleives that the dangerous mifepristone abortion pill is responsible for killing a Georgia woman, not pro-life laws.
As LifeNews reported yesterday, Georgia resident Amber Nicole Thurman died after she took the abortion pill – that caused complications when it left parts of her twin unborn babies inside her.
Thurman legally obtained abortion pills in North Carolina to end the lives of her unborn twins. Five days later, after returning to her native Georgia, she experienced a serious complication: some of her babies’ remains were still in the uterus, and she was developing an infection.
Doctors monitored her condition and hospitalized her but she died before they could do a D&C medical procedure to remove the parts of the unborn babies left inside her and finish the incomplete abortion caused by the failed abortion pill.
Although Thurman died from complications of the abortion pill, the liberal media and Kamala Harris blamed Georgia’s pro-life law and falsely claimed it prevented doctors from caring for her. But that contention is false.
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Dr. Christina Francis, CEO of AAPLOG, a national network of obstetricians and gynecologists, reacted to a ProPublica article claiming that Georgia’s abortion law led to the death of 28-year-old Amber Thurman:
“Amber Thurman’s tragic death, recently covered by multiple news organizations, was caused by side effects of legal abortion drugs and medical negligence, not pro-life laws. Despite taking the drugs as she was instructed and seeking timely care when she experienced complications, she still died. 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,” she told LifeNews.
“Make no mistake: all state abortion bans currently in effect contain exceptions to “prevent the death” or “preserve the life” of the pregnant person,” according to KFF.
Amber Thurman’s state of Georgia clearly allows physicians to intervene in medical emergencies or when there is no detectable fetal heartbeat, both of which applied to her. Don’t be misled by those who advocate for induced abortion over the health and safety of women.”
Meanwhile, the medial group has examined the case, based on information provided by ProPublica, and confirms that Amber died because of the abortion pill and shoddy treatment, not because of any pro-life law.
“Days before her death: Amber is given and takes the abortion drug mifepristone at 9 weeks gestation with twins at a clinic in NC. She drives home to GA, & takes the 2nd drug, misoprostol, at home a day later. These drugs were the root cause of the following events,” APPLOG wrote in a post on X.
August 18th 6:51pm (days later) – presents to hospital with bleeding, vomiting blood, passing out. Found to have abdominal tenderness, critically elevated white blood cell count, low blood pressure, foul smelling vaginal discharge & retained tissue in her uterus on ultrasound.
Diagnosis, which any first year resident could make: endometritis due to incomplete abortion with probable sepsis. Standard of care for treatment: immediate antibiotics and D&C.
After nearly 3 hours, Amber is FINALLY started on antibiotics. OB/GYN considers D&C the next day. This violates standard of care. D&C should have been immediate and concurrent with the initiation of antibiotics (and was not prevented by Georgia’s law).
Aug 19th 5:14am – Amber is diagnosed with “acute severe sepsis”, noted to have rapid breathing, unstable vital signs, and still having significant bleeding. Treated with IV fluids and more antibiotics followed by a powerful drug to boost her blood pressure.
Standard of care: immediate D&C! Obviously what they were doing was not working and she’s at imminent risk of death. To continue on the same course was negligence, pure and simple.
6:45am – Her blood pressure worsens, and she’s transferred to ICU. Standard of care: D&C with antibiotics.
7:14am – D&C is discussed but not done. Two hours later, labs show the beginnings of multisystem organ failure. Standard of Care: (once again) Immediate D&C.
2pm – Approximately 20 hours after arriving in critical condition to the hospital, Amber is taken to the operating room for a D&C. She dies on the operating table.
This is one of the most clearcut cases of medical malpractice (based on the information available publicly) that we have ever seen. Standard of care on her arrival was IMMEDIATE D&C and initiation of antibiotics. Had this been done, she most likely would be alive today.
Tragic deaths like Amber’s should not be exploited to claim that they are the fault of pro-life laws. Don’t fall for the bait and switch. Her death was due to 2 things: abortion drugs and lack of appropriate & timely medical care (which is perfectly legal in pro-life states).
