"That story was the personification of the Black maternal health crisis," Harris campaign co-chair Sen. Laphonza Butler said of Harris’ retelling of Amber Nicole Thurman’s death at a Georgia campaign event.

The death of Amber Nicole Thurman has become a significant issue in Georgia ahead of the November elections. A ProPublica report claims her death resulted from complications during an abortion, linked to the state's abortion ban.

Amber Nicole Thurman, a 28-year-old Black single mother and medical assistant from Georgia, tragically lost her life in August 2022 due to a severe infection after being denied life saving care. Her death,

Thurman, 28, experienced a rare complication after taking abortion pills and died during emergency surgery in August 2022, ProPublica reported.

It’s Amber Nicole Thurman. She was 28 and worked as a medical assistant and had a 6-year-old son whom she loved to take to petting zoos and the beach. As was horribly predictable, in a country where Black women seek abortions at higher rates and die far more commonly from maternal-health complications,

When it comes to the deaths of Thurman, Miller, and women like them, we should blame the abortion pill and the society that told us it was "safe."

A ProPublica investigation found that 28-year-old mother Amber Thurman died as a result of Georgia's abortion laws. Here's what to know.

According to an extensive investigation from ProPublica, the law may have proved fatal for 28-year-old Amber Nicole Thurman, who died from complications from a medication abortion after she couldn’t access abortion care in her home state of Georgia.

People hold signs during a protest against recently passed abortion ban bills at the Georgia State Capitol building, on May 21, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. The

The Georgia’s Life Act took effect after the overturn of Roe vs. Wade. It criminalizes abortions after six weeks with few exceptions. Doctors can face up to 10 years in prison.