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VP Kamala Harris Speaks About Amber Thurman

September 17, 2024

What: VP Kamala Harris spoke about Amber Thurman, the 28-year-old Georgia mom who died of sepsis when an ER waited too long to remove fetal tissue, on the campaign trail today. It is the first time a presidential nominee has brought attention to an individual who died for lack of routine abortion care.

Why it matters: “’This young mother should be alive, raising her son, and pursuing her dream of attending nursing school,’ Harris said in a statement. ‘Women are bleeding out in parking lots, turned away from emergency rooms, losing their ability to ever have children again. Survivors of rape and incest are being told they cannot make decisions about what happens next to their bodies. And now women are dying. These are the consequences of Donald Trump’s actions.’”

Source: ABC News

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