Amber Thurman's death puts abortion laws in spotlight ahead of election

The death of a young Georgia mother who waited 20 hours to be treated for complications after taking an abortion pill has once again put the issue of abortion in the spotlight ahead of November's presidential election. Amber Thurman, 28, died in August 2022—two weeks after Georgia enacted a strict abortion ban and criminalized the procedure. The ban followed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, stripping away constitutional protections for abortion. Her death, reported by ProPublica on Monday, is the first publicly disclosed instance of an...