[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress

Amber Nicole
Thurman would be alive if it wasn’t for Georgia’s abortion ban.

I just got back from Georgia, and her story was in the hearts of so many
people I met.

Trump campaigned on ending access to abortion care. Then he stacked the
Supreme Court to do exactly that.

On June 24, 2022 Trump-appointed justices overturned Roe v. Wade. Then
Georgia began enforcing its abortion ban that very same day.

Amber was a dedicated mom to her 6 year old son. “The talks I have with my
son are everything,” she posted on social media. Every chance she got, she
took her son to petting zoos, to pop-up museums and on little trips to the
beach. She loved her family deeply.

Amber traveled out of state to receive abortion care. She was provided
abortion medication and then she then went back home to Georgia.

Abortion pills are very safe. On rare occasions, they require a follow up
surgical abortion if the body has not expelled the tissue fully. That is
what happened in Amber’s case. She developed an infection — one that could
have easily been treated with a routine procedure called a D and C.

But under Georgia’s abortion ban, a doctor performing that procedure could
go to prison for 10 years.

So when Amber showed up at the hospital, vomiting blood, her infection
spreading, the question on doctors’ minds wasn't just how they could best
care for Amber. It’s also what they have to do to comply with Georgia’s
draconian law and to stay out of jail.

That’s never a choice that doctors should be faced with.

After hours of inaction and indecision, Amber died of the infection. A
medical board ruled that Amber’s death was entirely preventable.

What happened to Amber Nicole Thurman confirms the real and deadly
consequences that Trump and the Republican Party’s abortion bans are
having on women and pregnant people. Trump, Gov. Brian Kemp, and the
extremist GOP lawmakers who enabled them are responsible for this.

[ [link removed] ]We must fight back and protect and restore sweeping abortion
protections at the federal level, including passing my Abortion Justice
Act and the Women’s Health Protection Act. If you’re with me on this, add
your name to show your support for national abortion protections. Please
use your voice today.

Add your name

Let me be clear: abortion care is healthcare. And no one should be denied
access to the essential medical care they need.

Amber deserved better. I carry her story with me daily. And I will never
stop fighting to affirm abortion care as health care and the fundamental
human right that it is.

Yours in service,

Ayanna





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