A Georgia woman’s family thanked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) over a moment in Tuesday’s presidential debate in which he mentioned her death.  In the vice presidential debate, Walz

After Sen. JD Vance said at the debate he agreed that Amber Thurman should still be alive, Thurman’s family issued a statement condemning the GOP for “seek[ing] to further restrict women’s access to necessary healthcare under the false guise of protection.

Tim Walz seized on the story of Amber Thurman, a young Georgia mother who according to a recent ProPublica story died after driving across state lines to obtain pills to end her pregnancy. Walz on Tue

Thurman died in 2022 after waiting 20 hours at a hospital to get treatment for a rare complication from taking an abortion pill.

Stockbridge mother Amber Thurman died from a severe infection while waiting for an abortion at a metro Atlanta hospital. Her story was told during the vice presidential debate by Gov. Tim Walz.

Thurman, a 28-year-old woman from metro Atlanta, died in 2022 after she allegedly didn’t receive proper care during a rare abortion medication complication.