Georgia’s top health official dismissed all members of a state committee that investigates pregnancy-related maternal deaths after a committee member presumably released information about two such deaths.



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Georgia disbands current maternal mortality committee over leaked abortion information

Members of the task force had told ProPublica the state's abortion ban had led to women's deaths.

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Georgia axes maternal health panel after abortion deaths leak

A Georgia official disbanded the state's maternal mortality committee that investigates deaths of pregnant women.

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A Georgia official disbanded the state's maternal mortality committee that investigates deaths of pregnant women

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Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women. The move came in response to ProPublica having obtained internal reports detailing two deaths.

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Georgia dismissed all members of maternal mortality committee after ProPublica obtained internal details of two deaths

Georgia's top health official dismissed all members of a state committee that investigates pregnancy-related maternal deaths after the leak, presumably by a committee member, of information about two such deaths.

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Georgia dismisses members of pregnancy maternal death review board after leak of information on 2 such deaths

Georgia officials dismissed all members of a state maternal health panel after information about the deaths of two women with abortion pill complications was leaked to the press earlier this fall. The dismissal comes two months after the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, two Georgia women who suffered from severe complications after self-managed abortions, were publicized by ProPublica and gained significant notoriety from abortio…

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Georgia dismisses maternal health panel members after abortion deaths leaked to press - Washington Examiner

Georgia's top health official dismissed all members of a state committee that investigates pregnancy-related maternal deaths after a committee member presumably…

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Georgia just fired every single member of its Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC). The official reason? A so-called confidentiality breach. The real reason? The committee’s findings about two preventable deaths were just a little too honest.  The two deaths that lit this firestorm, Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, became lightning rods for a conversation no one in power seems ready to have. Thurman died after her doctors waited over 20 hou…

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'They see us as property': Georgia proves its more interested in optics than obstetrics when it fires every member of maternal death review board

Georgia officials fired everyone on the Maternal Mortality Review Committee after ProPublica reported that the panel found the deaths of two women whose care was restricted by the state's abortion ban were preventable, the news outlet revealed Thursday.ProPublica first exposed the committee's findings for Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller in September, sparking a flood of criticism directed at abortion care restrictions and the primarily Rep…

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Georgia fires entire maternal mortality panel after reporting on abortion ban deaths

Georgia's Maternal Mortality Review Committee members have been dismissed after reports on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller became public.

Georgia Disbands Maternal Mortality Panel Over Abortion Deaths Leak

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