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The Women Killed by the Dobbs Decision

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Amber Nicole Thurman was perhaps the first woman killed by the overturning of Roe v. Wade .

ProPublica obtained Thurman 's medical records with her family’s permission, we can see what happened next.

In Georgia , where Thurman lived, abortions became illegal from the time when a “detectable human heartbeat” was present.

LZ Granderson: Amber Thurman's story is familiar, but the response to her death is likely to be disingenuous.

LZ: Laws threatening criminal penalties for abortion providers have made doctors hesitant to perform procedures urgently needed by many women suffering miscarriages.

In Poland , where abortion is illegal in almost all circumstances, the 33-year-old pharmacist Dorota Lalik died in 2023 after a Catholic hospital refused to offer her a D&C when her water broke at five months .

Frida Ghitis: Activists keep saying that abortion is on the ballot in November .

She says it's true in some states, but none of these fetuses could have been saved at point of emergency care.

Ghitis says pro-life activists have sentenced a small boy to go to bed tonight , and every night without his mother.

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