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Tonight, a cnn exclusive, the family of Amber Thurman speaking out about her death inside of a georgia hospital, democrats blamed on the States Abortion Ban and now propelling her story. The front of the president ial race. All the while Donald Trump, that republicans say women wont even have to worry about abortion. That was response to that tonight on Laura Coates live Nikki Haley asked him tonight. Are you trying to lose the election . Im talking about abortion the issue has become Donald Trumps Achilles Heel and new polling suggests tonight that its costing him some votes as he and republicans up and down the ballot struggled to land on a message to defend the fallout from the end of Roe Versus wade case in point, the Gop Senate Candidate in ohio said this at a Town Hall last week and newly uncovered audio in like abortion country, remember i want i will vote for anybody else okay. A little crazy by the way. Especially for women are like past 50 of the War Zone Morenos campaign claims, it was all tongueincheek. A jab, but how democrats say the only issue that matters to women is abortion. Now, of course, women are not a monolith of course, our interests are wide and varied and farreaching but you have to be a full thing that it doesnt matter to women, including those above the age of 50 this new Cnn Poll showing women breaking towards harris, who has been hammering Trump Day after day on. You guessed it Abortion Rights. Now its not a small margin shes a head with women by ten Points Harris is trying to seize the momentum. Shes now vowing to even use the nuclear option in the senate and get rid of the barrier, blocking the passage of a bill that could codify Abortion Rights should eliminate the filibuster for roe and get us to the point where we 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in along the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have there government tell them what to do talk about a risky move. Even Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, her former colleague in the Senate And Mamma about this right now. But its a move that harris is banking on to get voters who do care about reproductive rights to the polls. And you know what it could pull up, pay off in the Post Roe V wade world, the united states, many women are worried about their health, even their very survival, their seeing what happened to Amber Thurman and Candi Miller and georgia. And theyre wondering if the same thing could happen to them. Now their stories, were first reported by propublica, which linked their deaths to the states strict abortion law. For 28yearold Amber Thurman propublica reports that she found out that she was pregnant with twins after georgias sixweek Abortion Ban went into effect, she tried to get an abortion in North Carolina were hour away drive scheduling, day off, work and leaving at 4 00 in the morning to get to the clinic. And the clinic but she hit traffic and she missed the appointment the clinic could not hold her spot open because it was overwhelmed by women from other states that also had Abortion Bans that were seeking abortionrelated services. But an employee offered her an approved Abortion Pill Regimen and amber took it days later and she suffered a rare complication. Ambers body did not expel all the fetal tissue. So she went to the Hospital And Georgia to get a procedure that could actually help her but propublica says that ambra waited for more than 20 hours until a decision was made to operate 20 hours and pain. Wondering what would happen . To her sixyearold son amber, died during that surgery i want to bring an Amber Nicole Thurmans Mother should not williams and ambra sisters, cj. And endrick, It Thurman along with attorney for Amber Thurman, family, ben crump. I want to thank you. All for being here. The entire world, let alone this country is absolutely devastated mission that to hear what is happened to your daughter, i mean, the states maternal Mortality Review Committee found there was and these are their words a good chance that ambra is death was preventable according to them, this could have been prevented. I cannot imagine what this feels like for you August The 19th this is my reality i wouldnt have ever imagined walking into the Hospital Result when i got there, she was repeatedly telling me how much pain she was in and i would reassure her that youre going to have that youre here. Theyre going to help you dont worry youre going to get the help that you need. Were in the best hands. Youre at the hospital and she kept telling me no. You dont understand i am in pain. It is too much pain she began to cry as a mother. I reassured her she was okay she was okay as her mom i handed her over so the people i trusted that were supposed to take care of my baby what every mother would think go to the hospital, they will help you trying to reassure, trying to calm her down its just so painful and heartbreaking to understand that a cj, ill bring you into this as well. That is propublica for that very hospital, it took more than 20 hours to begin truly treating her and performing a surgery to try to get that toxic tissue out of her body has has anyone given an explanation for why it took 20 hours . No. We havent gotten any explanation. And its very sad that were just finding out how she really passed before my sister went into surgery. She faced time Me And My Sister was very bright, very light skinned when she faced Me And My Sister was literally blew. She had blue patches all over her and amber, she just looked at me. I asked her i say amber or youre dehydrated, do you need water . Like are they taking care of you choose just like no, i just i just passed out again. She was thrown up. She was passing out at the hospital. She hit her head. She had all bruises and youre not i mean, all over her face . And before she went into surgery, she literally stared at me for about seven seconds and i stared at her. And i think that my sister knew that she wasnt going to make it out of surgery. She knew that was going to be the last time that we were ever able to see her. That i will ever be able to see her again. And that faith, that stair, it hunts me every day. So know that my sister was in so much pain for so long for you to see that and to see her face and im im im the youngest sister of three girls and looking at you all reminds me of my own family and trying to imagine what that would have been like to be on a facetime, to be in her presence, to be where i would think i would be safe and she could get help. I mean, andrivka, this is agonizing. I know for your family and to know not only is it agonizing privately. But here, this is amber story. Your families now journey front and center. And now a presentation what is your reality been like in these moments . You know, ever since we found out, im having a hard time understanding how they could let my sister suffer for 20 hours. My sister was in pay the entire 20 hours she was in pain as she was still updating us, letting us know what was going on, what shes doing. You while shes in pain and she did call before she went into surgery and she was blue shoot. She was she was so blue. She could hartley talk and she just stared at me she stared at me as if she knew this was going to be her last time saying me. She didnt say a word. I didnt say a word. We just stared at each other and that is all i have left. My sister the images of her laying their blue and then seeing her lifeless on abed i cant do anything about it. Those are my last images and it haunts me when i close my eyes. It haunts me as im driving my car. It huntsman it just haunts me. That was my little sister my mom mom. I mentioned that i cant begin to imagine what it is. Youre feeling between your daughters holding your Daughters Funeral Program . And the fact that i was actually with her on August The 19th and i released her we were in the elevator 1 59 p. M. She was giving me instructions about the pain. She went from talking about the pain too mom, youre going to have to take care of my fine. Youre going to have to and i would just interrupted her and i told her no theyre going to help you she began to cry. My baby was extremely strong when she cried are wipe the tears and i said, ill be right here waiting when you come out of that operating room. I will not leave am right here she looked up at me after she had me to facetime them and she said, i know youll be here between them hearing what theyve been going through, what its been like for them. I shut down 24 months in a dark room because the only thing i felt was what more could i have done what could i what did i miss . What did i miss . Im her mom. I was supposed to know what i handed her own with that to yourself. I mean, i you Cant Blame yourself. I know that you are expressing that, but you know that this was not youre doing, you know, that in your heart four to find out with the world to find out with the world is like the wound that wasnt healed opened wider and now its not a private matter the world has to see my hurt you hear mission add hand, Cj And Drake, are you hear the politics coming into a conversation that is deeply personal, that is deeply private, but as deeply painful you hear people like former president Donald Trump saying that if he were president women will be happy and free and will no longer be thinking about abortion. This is a quote you hear a republican Senate Candidate in ohio saying that abortion is not an issue for women over 50 why should they care . What goes through your Mind Mission that when you hear comments like that, how cruel how pathetic if we allow one person to have that much control to have control over womens rights then helping them. Weve weve helped him and this is the outcome let. Me, bring you in here because you represent this Family And Blood is boiling all across this country, hearts are breaking minds blown by this as a reality for this family. And god knows if there are others who are similarly situated you represent this family. What are the next steps for them . We asked about exploring every possible legal avenue to get them some measure of justice. But not just for amber for her son, but also for all the other women out there that may be similar situations. These laws are so vague and ambiguous that dot this may have another amber and a state like Alabama Or Louisiana and how crew to have patients only the dead that you can save. The you aware about these laws because they dont give clear instructions on what doctors can do and not do. We have to addressed these riccoboni and laws once in fall. It just brings tears to my eyes to think about just in reading what happened. That in the Summary Report that they provided, they discussed at least twice the possibility of getting her the help much sooner, and here it was 20 hours Cj And Drake your mother had a chance to speak to Vice President harris i wonder what that meant to your family to have her here. Your story was it was it was a very heartfelt moment to be able to speak with her she cared. She listened and it just it just touched my heart for her to be so january with us and allow us the chance to express how he felt about our sister the world has come to know your sister your daughter through these unbelievably tragic, circumstances but i just wonder if you could leave me shanen with something that people dont know about your daughter. What do you want them to know about your baby . She was very strong. She was family oriented she absolutely loved her son she would have given him the world, everything she did. She did it for her son she had dreams. She had aspirations on Aug The 22nd i received a Phone Call that she was accepted into Nursing School be of service to others she actually worked for the Heart Association and so many people that she touched and helped because of these laws their sister on this earth and never was able and will be able to fulfill the life that she had dreamed up that i want to thank you all for sharing. This journey im i know even say its hard is an understatement of a lifetime but to even know amber and the small way we have thank you thank you. Thank you i want to also mention that the Thurman Family has launched a Gofundme Page to support Ambers Son on all of this ahead with my panel plus the fallout over a Kamala Harris is vow to end the filibuster and breaking Tonight Florida Beginning Evacuation Orders as tropical Storm Helene nears Hurricane Status Chad myers is live with the brand new Track And Advisory just in from the national Hurricane Center next took culture over the edge. 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Her husband and want that 12 or 13 survivor of incest being forced to carry a pregnancy to term they dont want that i think the american people believe that certain freedoms, in particular the freedom to make decisions about ones own body should not be made by the government. Im Kamala Harris and i approve this message. I tried to put my arm around any vet that i can absolutely that new day usa. Thats what were doing. We put her arm around the veterans. Well, i think the veteran out there that he needs to refi his home. He may want to purchase and we can help them and provide that financial solut