Thurman, 28, experienced a rare complication after taking abortion pills and died during emergency surgery in August 2022, ProPublica reported.

Amber Nicole Thurman, a Georgia woman, died of sepsis after being denied timely medical care due to restrictive abortion laws enacted following the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade. Her death has become a rallying point for Democratic leaders,

It’s Amber Nicole Thurman. She was 28 and worked as a medical assistant and had a 6-year-old son whom she loved to take to petting zoos and the beach. As was horribly predictable, in a country where Black women seek abortions at higher rates and die far more commonly from maternal-health complications,