Kamala Harris uses debunked abortion death story to attack Trump, rally Dems in Georgia

Vice President Kamala Harris cited a debunked report Friday to blame former President Donald Trump for the death of a Georgia woman following a medically induced abortion — despite experts saying doctor error was to blame rather than Peach State restrictions on the procedure.Harris, 59, spoke at length during an Atlanta rally about the August 2022 death of Amber Nicole Thurman, 28, who suffered a fatal infection after taking abortion pills that did not expel all the fetal tissue from her body.Left-wing outlet ProPublica published a story detailing Thurman’s case on Monday — headlined “Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care.In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable” — triggering outrage among the left.

The Democratic presidential nominee claimed repeatedly Friday that Thurman had died because of Georgia’s so-called “heartbeat law,” which went into effect after the Supreme Court — including three justices nominated by Trump — voted to overturn Roe v.Wade in June 2022.“You see, under the Trump abortion ban, [Thurman’s] doctors could have faced up to a decade in prison for providing Amber the care she needed,” said Harris, who at one point led the crowd in repeating Thurman’s name.

“Understand what a law like this means: Doctors have to wait until the patient is at death’s door before they take action.”But others have pointed out that under the Georgia law, doctors were not forbidden from operating on Thurman to remove the tissue.The law prohibits elective abortions on children who have a “detectable human heartbeat” and allows the procedure if the doctor determines the mother’s life is at risk or if the fetus is deemed unviable due to a serious medical condition.“The definition of abortion … clearly states that the act is taken to ’cause the death of an unborn child,'” attorney Katie Daniel, state policy director at Susan B.Anthony Pro-Life America, told reporters on a press call Friday...