Georgia Woman Dies From Delayed Emergency Medical Care — thanks to abortion ban

[HuntersLaptop2028]

This article covers the story of Amber Nicole Thurman, a woman who died of infection shortly after Georgia's 6 week abortion ban went into effect. Thurman, seeking an abortion, hoped a block of the ban would happen to allow her to have an abortion within the state, but in the 9th week she made the decision to travel to North Carolina for a surgical abortion. Due to traffic on the way to the appointment, the NC clinic was only able to offer Thurman mifepristone and misoprostol "and instructed [her] to go to the emergency room if complications developed".

On Aug 18. 2022 Thurman vomited blood and passed out at home. She was taken to a hospital in which an ultrasound showed possible tissue remaining in her uterus, and noted an odor during her pelvic exam. Instead of performing the criminalized procedure, doctors continued Thurman on an IV drip and antibiotics. 17 hours after arriving, her condition deteriorating, Thurman was taken into the operating room. During abdominal surgery Thurman's heart stopped. 

Thurman's mother recalls her daughter's last words to her: “Promise me you’ll take care of my son.”

A maternal mortality review committee concluded that Thurman being provided a surgical abortion earlier would have provided "good chance" of preventing her death.

Attorneys representing the state of Georgia have called attempts to block the ban “hyperbolic fear mongering".
 

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[Big girl]

11 hours ago, HuntersLaptop2028 said:

This article covers the story of Amber Nicole Thurman, a woman who died of infection shortly after Georgia's 6 week abortion ban went into effect. Thurman, seeking an abortion, hoped a block of the ban would happen to allow her to have an abortion within the state, but in the 9th week she made the decision to travel to North Carolina for a surgical abortion. Due to traffic on the way to the appointment, the NC clinic was only able to offer Thurman mifepristone and misoprostol "and instructed [her] to go to the emergency room if complications developed".

On Aug 18. 2022 Thurman vomited blood and passed out at home. She was taken to a hospital in which an ultrasound showed possible tissue remaining in her uterus, and noted an odor during her pelvic exam. Instead of performing the criminalized procedure, doctors continued Thurman on an IV drip and antibiotics. 17 hours after arriving, her condition deteriorating, Thurman was taken into the operating room. During abdominal surgery Thurman's heart stopped. 

Thurman's mother recalls her daughter's last words to her: “Promise me you’ll take care of my son.”

A maternal mortality review committee concluded that Thurman being provided a surgical abortion earlier would have provided "good chance" of preventing her death.

Attorneys representing the state of Georgia have called attempts to block the ban “hyperbolic fear mongering".
 

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Shameful

[thetragichippy]

3 hours ago, Big girl said:

Shameful

Have you posted one article about illegals killing US citizens? 

[HuntersLaptop2028]

1 minute ago, thetragichippy said:

Have you posted one article about illegals killing US citizens? 

Very telling about the type of person you are.

Your very first thought, after reading the post and articles, is a “whataboutism” about a completely different topic. 

[mat]

Tragic. I feel some extreme cases should be able to be worked out. However, this is an uproar for the life of one mother with no mention of all baby lives that have been saved.

[thetragichippy]

2 minutes ago, HuntersLaptop2028 said:

Very telling about the type of person you are.

Your very first thought, after reading the post and articles, is a “whataboutism” about a completely different topic. 

LOL - I was just posting about you always having to make it personal on another thread.......Thank you for not disappointing. 

[thetragichippy]

3 minutes ago, HuntersLaptop2028 said:

Very telling about the type of person you are.

Your very first thought, after reading the post and articles, is a “whataboutism” about a completely different topic. 

But since you bring it up.......I don't recall any outrage from you about the illegals killing us citizens.....  Not in the democratic playbook

 

[HuntersLaptop2028]

1 minute ago, thetragichippy said:

LOL - I was just posting about you always having to make it personal on another thread.......Thank you for not disappointing. 

you can’t even stay on topic. Your first reply about this tragic event is a whataboutism

 

[HuntersLaptop2028]

Just now, thetragichippy said:

But since you bring it up.......I don't recall any outrage from you about the illegals killing us citizens.....  Not in the democratic playbook

 

Again, whataboutism.

Whats wrong with you man? 

[thetragichippy]

1 minute ago, HuntersLaptop2028 said:

Again, whataboutism.

Whats wrong with you man? 

What's wrong with me is I'm on to your game and you don't like it.....and I won't fall into your comments making it personal.

[HuntersLaptop2028]

7 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

What's wrong with me is I'm on to your game and you don't like it.....and I won't fall into your comments making it personal.

Can you stop with the whataboutisms, and derailing topics already?

Thanks 

[5GallonBucket]

 

death was caused by complications from legal abortion drugs and medical malpractice

dr s failed on this one

Georgia’s pro-life law is not the issue. It does not criminalize doing a D&C, especially when there is no detectable fetal heart rate.

 

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[5GallonBucket]

Jon ossoff is for killing babies but wants to abolish the death penalty.  
🤔

[LumRaiderFan]

58 minutes ago, 5GallonBucket said:

Jon ossoff is for killing babies but wants to abolish the death penalty.  
🤔

Murder the most innocent and spare the most guilty.

smh...democrats

[HuntersLaptop2028]

12 hours ago, 5GallonBucket said:

 

death was caused by complications from legal abortion drugs and medical malpractice

dr s failed on this one

Georgia’s pro-life law is not the issue. It does not criminalize doing a D&C, especially when there is no detectable fetal heart rate.

 

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The law is what causes doctors to hesitate and be scared in performing necessary procedures.. 

Last thing they need is some MAGA lunatic finding out and ending their career 

[HuntersLaptop2028]

3 hours ago, LumRaiderFan said:

Murder the most innocent and spare the most guilty.

smh...democrats

Here we go derailing again lol 

[baddog]

Big Girl will use this one instance to say that all women seeking an abortion are bleeding to death and being refused proper care. How revolting. I am sorry she died, but she also could have used birth control to prevent an obviously unwanted pregnancy. What an idea!

[5GallonBucket]

32 minutes ago, HuntersLaptop2028 said:

The law is what causes doctors to hesitate and be scared in performing necessary procedures.. 

Last thing they need is some MAGA lunatic finding out and ending their career 

Not if they read the law….

[tvc184]

3 hours ago, HuntersLaptop2028 said:

The law is what causes doctors to hesitate and be scared in performing necessary procedures.. 

Last thing they need is some MAGA lunatic finding out and ending their career 

Interesting excuse for medical malpractice…..

[Big girl]

On 9/20/2024 at 11:03 AM, HuntersLaptop2028 said:

The law is what causes doctors to hesitate and be scared in performing necessary procedures.. 

Last thing they need is some MAGA lunatic finding out and ending their career 

I agree

[Big girl]

However, Georgia's ban considers a D&C a felony if performed outside of specific circumstances and could land doctors behind bars for up to 10 years. This makes doctors hesitate 

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[baddog]

Let’s worry about a doctor’s career over the taking of a life. You people’s moral and legal values are so skewed. 

[tvc184]

Let’s see, woman had a lawful abortion in another state.

 She had a “rare” complication, I am assuming after she returned home.

Going by the article posted by Big girl, the GA law allows abortions (quoting the article) “only applied to imminent and acute life-threatening emergencies and did not extend to chronic health conditions, even those that can become lethal in pregnancy”.

 Okay, is a rare complication that may cause death is considered “chronic health condition”? I was c reading the federal National Institutes of Health website and it mentioned diseases or conditions that last over three months such as emphysema, heart, disease, cancer, etc.

Perhaps this doctor mistook this emergency situation for the equivalent of a long term condition? 

The laws says that an abortion is allowed for life threatening emergencies. Did this doctor not spot the life threatening emergency? Apparently later he finally decided it was life threatening when it was too late.

It sounds like medical malpractice with a convenient alibi.

Uhhhh…. doctor, you messed up and killed a woman by waiting 20 hours for surgery. You either knew that it was life threatening and therefore exempt from the law and failed to act or you misdiagnosed it and did not think it was an emergency but rather thought it was “chronic” (how is a medical emergency from a treatment chronic). Feel free to choose either option.

 The law had nothing to do with this botched medical treatment and disaster. The doctor and his medical professional colleagues are merely looking for a scapegoat.