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Georgia Fires Entire Maternal Mortality Committee

Georgia Fires Entire Maternal Mortality Committee

What: Georgia state officials shut down an entire committee dedicated to reviewing maternal mortality in the state, after ProPublica reported in September on the deaths of two women as a result of the state’s abortion ban. The state’s top public health official said they investigated the committee for leaking information, but because they could not identify anyone responsible, they fired everyone.

Key line: “Reproductive rights advocates say Georgia’s decision to dismiss and restructure its committee also could have a chilling effect on the committee’s work, potentially dissuading its members from delving as deeply as they have into the circumstances of pregnant women’s deaths if it could be politically sensitive.”

Source: ProPublica // https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-dismisses-maternal-mortality-committee-amber-thurman-candi-miller

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