(Daily Wire) Over the past few days, media outlets, including The New York Times, Newsweek, and MSNBC, have all cited a claim that a woman died because of strict pro-life laws.
Amber Thurman, these outlets reported, citing an article from ProPublica, would have survived if not for Georgia’s laws on abortion. The truth, however, has nothing to do with Georgia’s abortion laws and everything to do with taking dangerous abortion pills without any follow-up care.
Thurman made the tragic decision to end the lives of her unborn twins by legally obtaining abortion pills in North Carolina. She took the pills and returned home to Georgia, where, five days after taking the pills, she faced a serious complication. ProPublica doesn’t say whether she received any follow-up care from the place that provided her the pills in North Carolina or whether they ever called to check up on her after handing her the pills. (Read More)
