A ProPublica investigation found that 28-year-old mother Amber Thurman died as a result of Georgia's abortion laws. Here's what to know.

Amber Nicole Thurman, a 28-year-old Black single mother and medical assistant from Georgia, tragically lost her life in August 2022 due to a severe infection after being denied life saving care. Her death,

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,