Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz claimed throughout the CBS Information Vice Presidential Debate {that a} lady in Georgia doubtless died as a result of state’s “restrictive” abortion legal guidelines following the overturning of Roe, regardless of docs beforehand denouncing such a story as “fearmongering.”
“There’s a young woman named Amber Thurman. She happened to be in Georgia, a restrictive state. Because of that, she had to travel a long distance to North Carolina to try and get her care. Amber Thurmond died in that journey back and forth. The fact of the matter is, how can we as a nation say that your life and your rights, as basic as the right to control your own body, is determined on geography,” Walz stated throughout the debate whereas sparring with Vance on abortion legal guidelines.
“There’s a very real chance that if Amber Thurman lived in Minnesota, she would be alive today. That’s why the restoration of Roe versus Wade,” he stated.
Walz joined Ohio Sen. JD Vance in New York Metropolis on Tuesday night the place the pair squared off on key voter points this election cycle, together with the financial system, immigration and abortion.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz baffled the web on Tuesday when he accidently declared he has “become friends with school shooters” throughout the CBS Information Vice Presidential Debate in opposition to Sen. JD Vance. (Getty Pictures)
Walz’s remarks come after ProPublica revealed an article final month blaming the deaths of two Georgia ladies, Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, on the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the state’s new abortion limits after the ladies acquired chemically induced abortions in 2022. Georgia’s heartbeat regulation states that “no abortion shall be performed if the unborn child has a detectable human heartbeat except in the event of a medical emergency or medically futile pregnancy.”
Members of the Democratic Occasion, together with Vice President Kamala Harris, have cited their deaths as proof for the necessity to develop abortion entry following the Supreme Courtroom’s 2022 ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Ladies’s Well being Group.
“Good policy, logical policy, moral policy, humane policy is about saying a healthcare provider will only start providing that care when you’re about to die?” Harris stated throughout an Atlanta marketing campaign occasion final month, whereas citing Thurman’s loss of life.
NEW YORK – OCTOBER 01: Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, take part in a debate on the CBS Broadcast Heart on October 1, 2024 in New York Metropolis. That is anticipated to be the one vice presidential debate of the 2024 basic election. (Picture by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures) (Getty Pictures)
OB-GYNs have since criticized the narrative as a deceptive story that’s being pushed by the media and Democrats.
“I was not surprised to see this pro-abortion media try to point the blame at Georgia’s pro-life laws, but, in fact, Georgia’s laws allow doctors to intervene to save the life of the woman,” Charlotte Lozier Institute Vice President and Director of Medical Affairs Dr. Ingrid Skop not too long ago advised Fox Information Digital.
“I think the focus of the Democratic Party upon abortion as an issue is only because the American people do not understand the laws. Many times, women are hurt by abortions. It is not necessary for women to live their best life. And, of course, it’s the fearmongering and lies that have led us to this place where we are today, where people even think there would be a reason to point at the law.”
Rep. Wealthy McCormick, R-Ga., and state Rep. Mark Newton have additionally come out to say they do not imagine Georgia legal guidelines had something to do with Thurman’s loss of life, however was as an alternative brought on by alleged issues from abortion drugs, as docs could have waited too lengthy to intercede.
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“We never deny a woman an abortion because it’s going to harm her in some way. She will always be protected,” McCormick stated in a current interview with Fox Information Digital.
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“You have every right to an abortion, even with that heartbeat law,” he continued. “So, let’s make that very clear right now. When they say there’s no exceptions, there’s never any law in any state where there’s no exceptions. That doesn’t exist. That’s simply not the way it works. The mother’s life is always protected. With that said, it doesn’t mean it’s easy to get an abortion just because you have a complication or because something goes wrong.”
Fox Information Digital’s Lindsay Kornick and Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
