Harris blames death of young mother on ‘Trump abortion bans’: ‘Doctors only kick in when you’re about to die’

Kamala Harris slammed Donald Trump on abortion rights during a rally in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday night, bringing up the example of a Georgia woman who died of sepsis after her care was delayed.

“Women are being denied care during miscarriages, some only being treated once they develop sepsis,” Harris said.

“And we know that women have died because of Trump abortion bans. I was with a mother and the two sisters of a woman who died because of Trump abortion bans just last night,” she said about the event on Thursday night hosted by Oprah Winfrey.

Amber Thurman died at the age of 28 two years ago. She waited 20 hours for emergency medical care following complications caused by an abortion pill.

Harris said the mother, Shanette Williams, told her that “the worst thing among the pain that she’s experiencing” was that he daughter’s death was “preventable.”

“The young woman, she was a vibrant, 28-year-old young woman with a mother of a six-year-old son. Her name Amber Nicole Thurman – I promised her mother I will say her name every time,” Harris added.

The vice president went on to outline how Amber was a medical assistant who had just learned that she was accepted to nursing school.

“She had her whole future planned out,” Harris said, adding that Thurman was so proud of “finally gaining independence” after finding an apartment “in a safe community.”

“It had a little pool where her son could play, and she was so proud… and so hopeful,” Harris said.

Thurman then found out that she was pregnant, and decided to have an abortion.

“But because of the Trump abortion ban in Georgia, she was forced to travel out of state to receive the health care that she needed,” Harris said.

The 28-year-old then discovered that she needed