Georgia axes maternal health panel after leak about abortion deaths

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Georgia axes maternal health panel after leak about abortion deaths

22 November 2024

Holly Honderich
BBC News, Washington

Georgia officials have dissolved a committee responsible for investigating deaths of pregnant women in the state, after one or more members leaked confidential information about deaths linked to the state's strict abortion laws.

In a letter sent to members of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), Georgia health commissioner Kathleen Toomey said an investigation failed to identify those responsible for the leak, so all current members would be removed.

The news - first reported by ProPublica - comes two months after the outlet published stories on the deaths of two women the panel ruled were preventable and linked to the state's strict abortion ban.

The women's stories became a rallying call for reproductive rights advocates and was cited often by Democrats during the US election.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj3kxvl1j8o

[Stargazer99]

1. See how you get manipulated?

[CentralMass]

2. Nothing to see here folks.

[NJCher]

3. in the fine tradition of lying to yourself

also known as denialism. Hey, trump has been demonstrating that crude art for 9 years now.

I wrote a post about this tonight at: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19751723

[NJCher]

4. oops, dupe

eom

[keithbvadu2]

5. Policies that kill women are ok. Exposing it to the light of day is not.

??? Probably not.

[lark]

6. Definitely not sarcasm during this awful time of peole hating women who aren't Stepford Wives. nt