“Promise me you’ll take care of my son.” Those were Amber Nicole Thurman’s last words to her own mother. The 28-year-old woman in Georgia died of sepsis after she waited 20 hours at an Atlanta hospital for medical care, as doctors delayed performing a routine procedure she badly needed following an incomplete medication abortion. A report obtained by ProPublica confirmed the death was preventable. Anti-choice rhetoric rarely makes space for reality. For medical professionals, the thr...
