What: Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old mother of 6-year-old, is dead. The Georgia woman died because she could not get routine abortion care in her state. Instead, she had to travel to North Carolina, where she ended up getting abortion pills when traffic made her miss her appointment. Then, back home, she bled–too much, so she went to the ER. Doctors debated and delayed for *20 hours* what to do with her while sepsis took hold. By that point, it was too late.

Why it matters: “Tasked with examining pregnancy-related deaths to improve maternal health, the experts, including 10 doctors, deemed hers ‘preventable’ and said the hospital’s delay in performing the critical procedure had a ‘large’ impact on her fatal outcome. Their reviews of individual patient cases are not made public. But ProPublica obtained reports that confirm that at least two women have already died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state. There are almost certainly others.”

Source: ProPublica