A Georgia woman died after doctors delayed abortion care. Harris blamed her death on ‘Trump abortion bans’

The death of a 28-year-old pregnant woman from an infection has been blamed on “Trump abortion bans” by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Amber Nicole Thurman, from Georgia, died two years ago after delays in her care as doctors grappled with the state’s restrictive abortion laws.

Her death was later ruled “preventable” by a state committee, which included 10 doctors, investigative outlet ProPublica reported on Monday.

Harris issued a statement Tuesday on what happened to Thurman, the mother of a six-year-old boy, and spoke of her story during an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists later in the day.

“This young mother should be alive, raising her son, and pursuing her dream of attending nursing school,” Harris said in a statement. “This is exactly what we feared when Roe was struck down. In more than 20 states, Trump Abortion Bans are preventing doctors from providing basic medical care.”

“Women are bleeding out in parking lots, turned away from emergency rooms, losing their ability to ever have children again,” she continued. “Survivors of rape and incest are being told they cannot make decisions about what happens next to their bodies.

“And now women are dying. These are the consequences of Donald Trump’s actions.”

During his presidency, Trump nominated three justices to create the Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. This conservative majority enabled the court to oveturn Roe v Wade in 2022 — the ruling that had guaranteed access to abortion nationwide. Some states began enacting legislation to restrict abortion after Roe was overturned.

Thurman, a medical assistant, was taken to Piedmont Henry Hospital in a suburb