A hospital that delayed an emergency abortion is to blame for a Georgia woman's death, family lawyer claims

The family of a Georgia woman who later died A medication abortion is in the works — and later cited by Democrats as a tragic example of the red state's “restrictive” abortion laws — are blaming the hospital for the woman's death and preparing a lawsuit, according to his lawyer.

Amber Thurman, 28, died in 2022 after suffering complications from taking the abortion pill. She went to Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge to undergo a dilation and curettage procedure to remove tissue left over from the terminated pregnancy, but hospital staff reportedly waited about 20 hours before performing the procedure.

Famed civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will represent the family in their upcoming lawsuit against the hospital. Crump blamed the hospital for Thurman's death and not the recent Georgia law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Spectrum News reported.

“Even under Georgia law, it was the doctors' responsibility to work to save Amber,” Crump said last week. “She took the abortion pill and there was tissue left. There was no viable embryo or anything that would have prevented them from saving her life during the ordeal.”

Harris has denied allegations Georgia's abortion limits cause women to die, despite pushback from doctors

“You have a responsibility to stabilize him and then give him the option to go to another hospital,” he said. Dr. “But you can’t let him suffer and die in his hospital bed when death is preventable.”

Walz Repeats Lies About Georgia Abortion Deaths Doctors Diagnose as 'Scary'

Republican Signed by Governor Brian Kemp The LIFE Act became law in 2019, but only took effect in 2022, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Wade, which effectively ended recognition of the constitutional right to abortion.

Gov. Brian Kemp, who signed Georgia's “Heartbeat Act,” is seen here delivering his State of the State address on Jan. 11, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brian Anderson)

Thurman's death in August 2022 became the first known abortion death since the Supreme Court decision, with Democrats including Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz citing her death as a result of Republican-supported “restrictive” abortion laws.

Georgia Doctors Speak Out to Challenge State Abortion Law and Misinformation in Amber Thurman's Death

Georgia’s heartbeat law states that “no abortion may be performed if the fetus has a detectable human heartbeat, except in a medical emergency or in a medically futile pregnancy.” The law makes exceptions for abortions after the six-week mark, including a medical emergency or medically futile pregnancy, or pregnancy through rape or incest when the child's potential gestational age is less than 20 weeks.

ProPublica first published an article last month about Thurman's death, blaming her death and the death of another Georgia woman, Candy Miller, on Roe v. Wade. Wade and overturning the state's new abortion limits.

Harris mentioned Thurman's death on Sunday during a popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast.

“(Thurman) described her family as very excited and ambitious and that she had plans. Then she found out she was pregnant and didn't want to continue with the pregnancy. And she was living in Georgia, and she couldn't take care of him there because it's been six weeks and she moved to another state, and… she couldn't get there in time because she was overwhelmed with all these women from the southern states who didn't got treatment. in her home states, they closed the window for appointments and instead of surgery, she took medication and basically went home and then had some complications and went to the hospital because she was bleeding.”

“And they delayed 20 hours before treating him,” Harris continued, suggesting that Georgia law prevented him from receiving life-saving care.

In an earlier press release announcing that Crump would represent Thurman's family members in court, he blamed Georgia's abortion laws for Thurman's death.

Obstetricians and gynecologists deny 'scaremongering' about Georgia abortion law: 'lies that harm women'

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at the Philip Chosky Theater in Pittsburgh. (Rebecca Droke/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“Amber Thurman’s preventable death is a horrific consequence of draconian abortion laws that put politics ahead of women’s lives. These legislators have a responsibility to create hesitancy among healthcare professionals, who fear legal consequences when providing necessary care. Your family deserves to be held accountable. “We are committed to getting justice for Amber and fighting for a country where no other family suffers such devastating losses due to dangerous and unnecessary legal barriers,” Crump said in the press release. .

Obstetricians and gynecologists have criticized the Democrats' recent narrative as a misleading story that is driven by the media.

I'm not surprised to see Institute Vice President Charlotte Lozier and the pro-abortion media in Georgia trying to blame Georgia's pro-life law, but in fact, Georgia law allows doctors to intervene to save a person's life. woman. Ingrid Scope recently told Fox News Digital, director of medical affairs.

“I think the focus of the Democratic Party Abortion as a problem Just because the American people don't understand the law. Women are often injured due to abortion. Women don't have to live their best lives. And, of course, it was fear and lies that got us to where we are today, where people even think they have reason to point to the law.”

Amber Nicole Thurman was 'victim of high-risk abortion medications': Dr. Cristina Francisco

Thurman's stepfather, Elijah Warren, Urging Democrats, especially Harris, to stop politicizing the death, he said that when he sees politicians talking about Thurman's death, it's “like a funeral over and over again.”

“I can see (Harris) using this as Georgia’s only tool against Trump,” Warren told the New York Post this week.

“He’s going to push; I hope so. But it's too much. It’s like a funeral over and over again every time I watch it.”

Warren said he views Thurman's death, caused by septic shock, “as yet another act of negligence. of the hospital“In lieu of Georgia law.

Click here to get the Fox News app

“They should have kept an eye on my stepdaughter… the abortion has already been done. There was no heartbeat,” she said. “They should have just cleaned up the tissue; It could have saved his life.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Crump's office for an update on the upcoming Harris Campaign but no response had been received by press time.

Get the latest 2024 campaign updates, exclusive interviews and more in our Fox News Digital Election Hub.