Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the case of a Georgia woman who died after not receiving timely medical care for complications from an abortion at a rally in Atlanta on Friday afternoon.
The event, which took place at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, marked her second visit to Atlanta and her third visit to Georgia as a presidential candidate. This is her eighth visit to the state this year.
Her Friday visit came after two ProPublica articles reported that two Georgia women — Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller — died after not receiving timely abortion and medical care. Harris’ speech focused on the story of Thurman, who died after spending 20 hours in a hospital bed. She was waiting for doctors to begin an operation to remove fetal tissue that her body had not expelled after she took an abortion pill.
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