The ads accuse Harris of twisting the deaths of two Georgia women for political gain.
A pro-life organization is launching a six-figure ad campaign to counter false claims from Vice President Kamala Harris and other abortion advocates about the deaths of two Georgia women due to complications from taking abortion drugs without supervision.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America sister organization, women speak out PAC, is spending $500,000 on digital and TV ads reaching select Georgia markets and targeting voters, National Review has learned.
The ads accuse Harris of spreading “deadly misinformation” over the death of Amber Thurman, a woman who suffered from sepsis after taking abortion drugs to end her nine-week pregnancy. When Thurman went to a local hospital days later, doctors had her wait 20 hours before receiving treatment, and by then it was too late.
Thurman obtained a chemical-abortion medication at a clinic in North Carolina and an employee of the clinic instructed her on what to do if she began experiencing complications. It is unknown whether she actually saw a doctor or attempted to follow up with the clinic.
Harris falsely claimed Georgia’s six-week abortion ban is responsible for Thurman’s death. Georgia’s abortion law allows for dilation and curettage procedures like the one Thurman needed to remove fetal tissue in the case of a terminated pregnancy. It is unclear why the doctors took so long to give her medical attention.
Candi Miller, another Georgia woman who took abortion drugs to end her pregnancy, died after suffering from medical complications and taking a mix of painkillers. Left-wing investigative news outlet ProPublica first reported on Thurman and Miller’s deaths, attributing them to Georgia’s abortion restrictions.
“Democrats led by Kamala Harris are lying about pro-life laws and women are dying,” said SBA pro-life president Marjorie Dannenfelser, a leading pro-life advocate.
“Amber Thurman and Candi Miller died after they suffered complications from dangerous abortion drugs and did not receive appropriate, completely legal emergency care. Georgia’s law, like pro-life laws in every other state, allows emergency care, miscarriage care and treatment for ectopic pregnancy.”
Harris has made pro-abortion messaging central to her presidential campaign, saying Tuesday that she supports eliminating the filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade. The Supreme Court overturned Roe two years ago and sent abortion legalization back to states. Democrats have poured tens of millions of dollars into advertisement campaigns hammering Republicans on abortion restrictions and supposedly restricting women’s freedom.
Georgia governor Brian Kemp (R), who signed the state’s six-week abortion ban, accused Democrats of spreading “egregious misinformation” about the abortion law and creating a climate of uncertainty about what it allows.
“They would likely both be alive today if partisan activists and so-called journalists had not spread such egregious misinformation and propaganda that fostered a culture of fear and confusion,” Kemp said.
Following the Obama administration’s footsteps, the Biden administration has loosened safety protocols surrounding the abortion pill regime including in-person examinations of the fetus’s gestational age. The Biden administration initially cited the Covid-19 pandemic to justify its deregulation, but kept the changes after the pandemic was no longer a public health emergency.