{"id":2342813,"date":"2024-09-18T12:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/propublica-blames-pro-lifers-for-abortion-pill-linked-death\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T12:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:15:52","slug":"propublica-blames-pro-lifers-for-abortion-pill-linked-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/propublica-blames-pro-lifers-for-abortion-pill-linked-death\/","title":{"rendered":"ProPublica Blames Pro-Lifers For Abortion Pill-Linked Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpropublica-blames-pro-lifers-for-abortion-pill-linked-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2342813&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses the \u200bcontroversial case of Amber Nicole Thurman, a 28-year-old Georgia woman\u2062 who died in 2022 \u200bafter complications\u200c related to a medication\u200c abortion. The article argues that Democrats and the media are \u2062using \u200bher tragic death to criticize pro-life policies in Georgia as the 2024 election\u200c approaches. It claims that Thurman&#8217;s\u200b death was preventable and \u200dassociated with the \u200cuse of abortion pills, which led to severe complications. The \u2064report by \u200cProPublica is criticized for suggesting \u2063that the confusion regarding Georgia&#8217;s\u200c abortion laws contributed to her death, implying that healthcare providers were hesitant to act due to fear of legal repercussions under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hits-desantis-for-signing-heartbeat-law-a-terrible-thing-and-a-terrible-mistake\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes DeSantis for signing heartbeat law: &#039;A terrible and regrettable decision.&#039;\">pro-life \u2062laws<\/a>. The article suggests that such narratives\u2063 are \u200bfueled by political agendas, asserting that medical negligence and misinformation \u200csurrounding pro-life \u2062laws were the \u2064main contributors to her death, rather than the legislation itself. It concludes by stating that the ongoing discourse around abortion and related\u2062 policies is\u200c heavily influenced by upcoming elections and political motivations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Democrats and corporate media are exploiting the death of a Georgia woman to vilify life-saving pro-life policies ahead of the 2024 election. Yet, it is the abortion extremism they routinely promote that led to her preventable death.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-eight-year-old Amber Nicole Thurman and her twin babies died in 2022 after the single mother suffered untreated complications from the dangerous drug regimen responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/article\/2022\/02\/medication-abortion-now-accounts-more-half-all-us-abortions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than half of the nation&rsquo;s abortions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ProPublica, an outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/propublica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">known for running smears<\/a> on behalf of Democrats, published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/georgia-abortion-ban-amber-thurman-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> this week blaming confusion about Georgia&rsquo;s lifesaving abortion limits for Thurman&rsquo;s death.<\/p>\n<p>The article inspired a wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-debunking-pro-abortion-propaganda\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Debunking Pro-Abortion Propaganda\">pro-abortion propaganda<\/a> from Democrats, including <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1836225824510324818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vice President Kamala Harris,<\/a> who expressed no hesitation about using Thurman&rsquo;s untimely death to advance her political agenda.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>A closer look at the circumstances that led to the single mother&rsquo;s passing, however, indicates that she died on the table during a surgery only needed because she suffered severe complications from ingesting abortion pills associated with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33939340\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sometimes fatal&nbsp;complications<\/a>. Even the U.S. Food and Drug Administration admits nearly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/drugsatfda_docs\/label\/2016\/020687s020lbl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 in 25<\/a>&nbsp;women who take it will end up in the emergency room or hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>At nine weeks pregnant, Thurman traveled across state lines into North Carolina to get her twin babies dismembered. A traffic delay and scheduling conflict with the abortion facility, however, ultimately pushed her to accept a chemical abortion alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/17\/biden-administration-endorses-more-baby-killing-by-green-lighting-mail-order-abortion-pills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden administration&rsquo;s<\/a>&nbsp;radically relaxed abortion pill expansions, Thurman was able to induce abortion hours away at home unsupervised.<\/p>\n<p>Five days after she obtained and ingested the pills without consistent medical oversight, Thurman began experiencing some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/prochoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/phone_triage_guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/drugs-supplements\/mifepristone-oral-route\/side-effects\/drg-20067123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">side<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/drugs-supplements\/mifepristone-oral-route\/side-effects\/drg-20067123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">effects<\/a> (which ProPublica insists are &ldquo;extremely rare&rdquo;) associated with chemical abortions, including vomiting, fainting, and excessive blood loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Peach State&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/statute\/code-of-georgia\/title-16-crimes-and-offenses\/chapter-12-offenses-against-public-health-and-morals\/article-5-abortion\/section-16-12-141-restrictions-on-the-performance-of-abortions-availability-of-records-civil-cause-of-action-affirmative-defenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pro-life laws<\/a> specifically carve out exceptions for abortion procedures like dilation and curettage if it &ldquo;is necessary in order to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or the substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to ProPublica&rsquo;s account, Thurman&rsquo;s babies were already partially expelled when she rolled into Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia experiencing septic abortion. Doctors considered a D&amp;C for Thurman that night but ultimately did not get her into surgery until the next afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>A maternal mortality review committee concluded that earlier intervention &ldquo;could have&rdquo; saved Thurman but did not specify why that did not happen. It&rsquo;s also unclear what effect abortion pill reversal, which <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/13\/ny-ag-letitia-james-sues-pregnancy-centers-over-life-saving-abortion-pill-reversal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats and corporate media routinely<\/a>&nbsp;smear, would have had on Thurman if she had been offered it.<\/p>\n<h2>Bloodied Hands<\/h2>\n<p>ProPublica, despite acknowledging that &ldquo;it is not clear from the records available why doctors waited to provide a D&amp;C to Thurman,&rdquo; hinted without evidence multiple times that the doctors tasked with &ldquo;performing the newly criminalized procedure&rdquo; were afraid to do so due to Georgia&rsquo;s pro-life laws.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Piedmont did not have a policy to guide doctors on how to interpret the state abortion ban when Thurman arrived for care, according to two people with knowledge of internal conversations who were not authorized to speak publicly,&rdquo; ProPublica noted. <\/p>\n<p>In assuming the doctors&rsquo; hands were tied, ProPublica essentially suggests that those in charge of Thurman&rsquo;s care chose their jobs over the life of the young mother they swore in the Hippocratic Oath to protect. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the chilling implications of this assertion, the outlet maintains a tone of sympathy for the healthcare professionals they purport have been deprived by pro-lifers of the ability to do their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In interviews with more than three dozen OB-GYNs in states that outlawed abortion, ProPublica learned how&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/abortion-doctor-decisions-hospital-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">difficult it is to interpret the vague and conflicting language<\/a>&nbsp;in bans&rsquo; medical exceptions &mdash; especially, the doctors said, when their judgment could be called into question under the threat of prison time,&rdquo; the article notes.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-abortion media like ProPublica have spent the last two and a half years since the Supreme Court&rsquo;s <em>Dobbs v. Jackson <\/em>decision demonizing Republican efforts to bring their state laws up to speed with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/16\/poll-majority-of-americans-still-reject-democrats-unlimited-abortion-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Americans&rsquo; support for limiting abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/23\/everything-kamala-harris-said-about-abortion-in-her-dnc-speech-was-a-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> have repeatedly and wrongfully claimed that women experiencing ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages could not receive the care they needed due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/29\/no-dobbs-doesnt-stop-doctors-from-treating-ectopic-pregnancies-or-miscarriages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 decision and pro-life laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thurman&rsquo;s death was surely &ldquo;preventable.&rdquo; But the primary reason for it was not Georgia Republicans&rsquo; commitment to protecting life in the womb. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, all evidence suggests Thurman&rsquo;s death was due to medical negligence egged on by leftist fearmongering about <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/04\/two-years-later-the-texas-heartbeat-act-has-saved-thousands-of-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lifesaving laws<\/a> that provably protect women and babies from harm.<\/p>\n<p>If ProPublica happens to be correct in its assumption that the doctors refused to operate on Thurman until it was too late because they didn&rsquo;t want to lose their licenses, they are not only indicting the doctors, but also themselves, their Democrat accomplices, and the entire corporate media complex.<\/p>\n<h2>More To Come<\/h2>\n<p>ProPublica, like so many other propaganda outlets, are not secretive about their roles in the operation to smear Republicans, red states, and pro-life policies ahead of the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Such stories have been at the center of the upcoming presidential election, during which the right to abortion is on the ballot in 10 states,&rdquo; the article states. <\/p>\n<p>Like Georgia, Louisiana has also found itself in corporate media crosshairs as the Republican state preps to enforce an Oct. 1 law that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.la.gov\/legis\/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aims to punish<\/a>&nbsp;anyone who knowingly tries to induce chemical abortion in a woman without her consent.<\/p>\n<p>Outlets such as the Washington Post are already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/09\/17\/abortion-pills-louisiana-law-controlled-substances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claiming, against all evidence,<\/a> that the law classifying abortion pills as a &ldquo;controlled dangerous substance&rdquo; will prevent pharmacies and hospitals around the state from effectively treating patients suffering from miscarriages, hemorrhages, and other pregnancy complications.<\/p>\n<p>As Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murril<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ag.state.la.us\/Article\/158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> clarified in a memo<\/a> this week, Louisiana&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-remember-the-48th-annual-march-for-life\/\" title=\"Americans remember the 48th annual March for Life\">pro-life protections<\/a> do not &ldquo;limit a healthcare provider&rsquo;s ability to use, prescribe, or fill these medications for legitimate health purposes nor does it impose restrictive burdens on access for emergency purposes.&rdquo; In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/ldh.la.gov\/assets\/medicaid\/LDH-Guidance-Act-246-La-Reg-Session-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guidance<\/a> released by the Louisiana Department of Health reaffirms that doctors have a duty and authority to treat their patients with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-nothing-pro-woman-about-shoddy-standards-for-abortion-pills-that-can-kill-them\/\" title=\"There\u2019s Nothing Pro-Woman About Shoddy Standards For Abortion Pills That Can Kill Them\">abortion drug regimen<\/a> within the bounds of the law.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These laws do not restrict qualified, ethical doctors from caring for mothers and their babies. Louisiana laws and regulations&nbsp;ensure,&nbsp;expect, and&nbsp;empower&nbsp;physicians to use reasonable medical judgment to care for pregnant women &mdash; including those facing emergencies, miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, and fetal abnormalities,&rdquo; Murril wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Women who do not receive treatment for pregnancy complications under the exceptions built into those laws are not simply victims of medical negligence. Their struggles and sometimes even deaths are directly exacerbated by the radical and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/08\/corporate-media-claim-theres-no-such-thing-as-late-term-abortion-but-cry-when-it-is-paused\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deliberately<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/20\/media-activists-wont-grill-democrats-on-unpopular-abortion-extremism-because-they-agree-with-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deceptive<\/a> abortion narratives touted by Democrats and their allies in the press.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats and mainstream media are taking advantage of the death of a woman from Georgia to criticize pro-life policies that aim to save lives as the 2024 election approaches. However, it is the extreme abortion practices they often endorse that contributed to her avoidable death. Amber Nicole Thurman, a 28-year-old single mother, and her twin babies passed away in 2022 due to complications from a dangerous drug regimen linked to over half of all abortions in the U.S. This week, ProPublica\u2014a publication known for its partisan reporting\u2014released an article attributing Thurman&#8217;s death to confusion surrounding Georgia&#8217;s life-saving abortion restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>This report sparked a wave of pro-abortion rhetoric from Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, who did not hesitate to use Thurman&#8217;s tragic passing for political gain. A deeper examination reveals that she died during surgery necessitated by severe complications arising from taking abortion pills known for their potentially fatal side effects; even the FDA acknowledges that nearly 1 in 25 women who use them may require emergency medical care.<\/p>\n<p>At nine weeks pregnant, Thurman traveled out of state to North Carolina for an abortion but ended up opting for a chemical alternative due to delays at the clinic. The Biden administration&#8217;s relaxed regulations on abortion pills allowed her to self-administer these drugs without proper medical supervision. Five days later, after experiencing severe side effects such as vomiting and excessive bleeding without consistent oversight, she was admitted with septic complications.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia\u2019s pro-life laws include exceptions allowing procedures like dilation and curettage (D&amp;C) when necessary to prevent serious harm or death. According to ProPublica\u2019s account, when Thurman arrived at Piedmont Henry Hospital with partially expelled twins and septic conditions, doctors considered performing a D&amp;C but delayed surgery until the following afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A review committee suggested earlier intervention &#8220;could have&#8221; saved her life but did not clarify why it didn&#8217;t occur or what impact an abortion pill reversal might have had if offered\u2014something often disparaged by Democrats and media outlets alike.<\/p>\n<p>ProPublica insinuated multiple times without evidence that doctors hesitated due to fear of legal repercussions under Georgia&#8217;s pro-life laws. They reported there was no clear policy guiding physicians on how these laws applied when Thurman sought care. By suggesting doctors prioritized their jobs over patient safety based on legal fears rather than medical judgment raises troubling implications about accountability among healthcare providers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this serious accusation against healthcare professionals\u2014implying they chose compliance over compassion\u2014ProPublica maintains sympathy towards them while criticizing pro-lifers for allegedly hindering their ability to perform necessary procedures safely.<\/p>\n<p>In interviews with numerous OB-GYNs in states where abortions are restricted post-Dobbs v. Jackson decision by the Supreme Court, ProPublica found many felt uncertain about interpreting vague legal language regarding medical exceptions under threat of criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>Thurman&#8217;s case highlights how narratives pushed by leftist media can distort reality around pregnancy-related health issues; while her death was indeed &#8220;preventable,&#8221; it stemmed more from systemic negligence influenced by fearmongering than any commitment by Republicans toward protecting unborn lives.<\/p>\n<p>If ProPublica is correct in its assumption regarding doctors&#8217; reluctance stemming from potential license loss risks leading them not acting sooner during critical moments\u2014it implicates both those practitioners involved as well as themselves along with Democratic allies within corporate media circles promoting such narratives ahead of upcoming elections where reproductive rights will be pivotal issues across several states including Louisiana which faces similar scrutiny amid new legislation aimed at regulating chemical abortions responsibly yet effectively ensuring patient safety remains paramount throughout treatment processes involving pregnancy complications like miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies\u2014all while counteracting misleading claims propagated through sensationalized reporting tactics employed against conservative policies designed ultimately protect mothers alongside their children alike amidst ongoing debates surrounding reproductive health access nationwide today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2342814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Untitled-design-1-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[36264,41139,14461,10759,36292],"class_list":["post-2342813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-abortion-pill","tag-medical-ethics","tag-pro-lifers","tag-propublica","tag-reproductive-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Untitled-design-1-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}