Georgia has fired all members of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee after the committee concluded that several women's deaths had been preventable and that information was made public by ProPublica.
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Georgia officials fired the entire maternal mortality review committee after they concluded that two women — Amber Thurman and Candi Miller — died because of Georgia’s anti-abortion laws, notes ProPublica:
They were the first reported cases of women who died without access to care restricted by a state abortion ban, and they unleashed a torrent of outrage over the fatal consequences of such laws. The women’s stories became a central discussion in the presidential campaign and ballot initiatives involving abortion access in 10 states….
“Confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals,” Dr. Kathleen Toomey, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, wrote in a letter dated Nov. 8 and addressed to members of the committee. “Even though this disclosure was investigated, the investigation was unable to uncover which individual(s) disclosed confidential information.
“Therefore, effective immediately the current MMRC is disbanded, and all member seats will be filled through a new application process.”
Thurman’s family also told ProPublica they had wanted the information about her death disclosed…
(Sources: ProPublica, AuntieKilljoy/TikTok via Twitter)