Georgia woman reportedly became the first fatality linked to an abortion ban, dying from an infection caused by a rare complication of taking the abortion pill

The tragic death of Amber Nicole Thurman highlights the risks women face due to restrictive abortion laws – and in her case, it was a rare complication from taking an abortion pill administered in a clinic.

While the mainstream media and the left today blame President Donald J. Trump for her death, her condition was worsened by the abortion drugs she was given in North Carolina after she was denied an abortion in Georgia.

Thurman, 28, a Georgia resident and mother of a 6-year-old child, found herself caught in the crossfire of Georgia's six-week abortion ban, which took effect after the Roe v. Wade ruling was overturned in 2022.

Because she didn't have access to abortion care in her home state, she traveled to North Carolina, where she received mifepristone and misoprostol, medications commonly used to terminate early pregnancies.

As of July 1, 2023, abortion is illegal in North Carolina after 12 weeks of pregnancy. It is unknown why the clinic prescribed the drug instead of performing the abortion that is legal in the state.

After taking the pills at home, a rare complication arose: not all of the fetal tissue was expelled from her uterus. According to medical experts, any remaining tissue can lead to an infection that, if left untreated, can cause serious problems such as sepsis.

Thurman suffered from severe bleeding and pain due to the severe infection. She lost consciousness and was taken to Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia.

But this is where Georgia's strict state laws came into play. Despite her deteriorating condition, doctors were forced to postpone the necessary dilation and curettage (D&C) that would have removed the remaining tissue and treated the infection.

It is also not known whether the delay is due to Georgia state law or the infection caused by a botched abortion in North Carolina.

The same result could have occurred in Georgia if Georgia had had the same laws as North Carolina and she had chosen medical abortion instead of curettage.

Instead, they waited twenty critical hours, as required by the state, to monitor the infection rate.

During this delay, Thurman's condition worsened. Her blood pressure dropped, her organs began to fail, and, tragically, she lost her life.

It is also not clear whether an immediate D&C would have resulted in a better outcome for the patient.

This heartbreaking incident not only sheds light on the danger of rare medical complications from abortion pills, but also on the controversy over the potentially life-threatening effects of laws that prevent timely medical intervention.

RANDALLSTOWN, Maryland – Authorities are searching for 15-year-old Skyla Boyd, who was last seen in the Randallstown area. Police say Boyd is 5'5″, weighs 175 pounds and was last seen wearing a black shirt, gray shorts and white tennis shoes.

Anyone with information on Boyd's whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the Baltimore County Sheriff's Department at 410-887-1340. The investigation is ongoing.

As San Francisco District Attorney, Kamala Harris made headlines in 2007 when she told legal gun owners that under a law she co-authored, authorities could “walk into” their homes to check whether they were properly storing their firearms. During a press conference in May of that year, she said:

Harris explained, “Just because you legally own a gun in your locked home doesn't mean we won't go into your home and check to see if you're acting responsibly and safely.”

Now legal gun owners across America are waiting to see if she will pass a federal law that would allow police to enter the home of any legal gun owner at any time to conduct a gun safety inspection.

The law, which Harris played a key role in drafting, was aimed at punishing gun owners who did not store their firearms securely at home.

The bill also included broader gun control measures, such as requiring gun dealers to submit an inventory to the police chief every six months and banning the possession of guns in public housing, even if possession was legal.

The bill was presented to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and signed by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom that same year.