Mother of woman who died after Georgia’s six-week abortion ban calls for law’s repeal

Shanette Williams is again calling on state lawmakers to repeal Georgia’s six-week abortion ban that she says led to her 28-year-old daughter’s death shortly after the law took effect in 2022. 

Williams, who is the mother of Amber Nicole Thurman, found a national platform for her message last year when she joined the campaign trail with then Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

But as Williams’ voice emanated from Liberty Plaza Thursday, it marked her first time since her daughter’s death was first reported by ProPublica last fall that Williams has brought her family’s story of loss to the doorstep of the state Capitol. When the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to terminate a pregnancy in 2022, the ruling left it to legislatures to regulate access.