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Pro-abortion politicians are doing all they can to utilize gut-wrenching stories to push their extreme abortion agenda. During the Vice Presidential Debate, Tim Walz, and now the Harris campaign are using Amber Thurman’s tragic death as a reason to expand abortion access, but read on for the heartbreaking truth about Amber. 

In 2022, Georgia native Amber Thurman sought an abortion after finding out she was pregnant with twins. Because of the Georgia LIFE Act, also known as the Heartbeat law, which seeks to protect unborn children when a fetal heartbeat is first detected, Thurman traveled to North Carolina to obtain an abortion — there, she was given harmful chemical abortion drugs at nine weeks. 

After taking these dangerous abortion drugs, she started experiencing complications that led to her vomiting blood and passing out — she was rushed to the hospital. Doctors should have immediately performed a dilation and curettage (D&C), a “standard medical procedure,” to remove the remaining infected tissue from her aborted twins from her uterus. A procedure that is commonly used for miscarriage management, and sadly for abortions as well. 

Unfortunately, Amber’s doctor did not perform the D&C procedure, and her complications from septic abortion worsened. At this point, Amber had developed an abnormally high white cell blood count paired with extremely low blood pressure.  

Amber went into emergency surgery the next day but tragically passed away on the operating table. It was too late. 

Pro-abortion leaders are manipulating this horrific story claiming that Georgia’s pro-life law caused her death when in reality the dangerous chemical abortion drugs she took and her doctor’s failure to perform a routine procedure (D&C) inevitably led to her unnecessary death.   In fact, Amber’s family is now suing the hospital for malpractice for failing to provide the necessary medical care.

Chemical abortion drugs carry with them significant risk to the mother, and end the life of a child. The warning label itself identifies the cause of Amber’s death as one of the fatal side effects of the chemical abortion drug mifepristone: “WARNING: SERIOUS AND SOMETIMES FATAL INFECTIONS OR BLEEDING” including “serious bacterial infections and sepsis.” 

Still, radical pro-abortion politicians have the audacity to blame Amber’s death on the Georgia pro-life, pro-woman Heartbeat law, even though it DID NOT PREVENT HER FROM RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE TO SAVE HER LIFE.  

Abortion extremists are unashamedly relying on Amber’s death as a “trojan horse” to push their abortion agenda.

Instead of acknowledging the truth—the reality that these abortion drugs are harmful and that Georgia’s law does not prevent women from receiving proper care— Amber’s story has been used as a means to push a shameful abortion agenda.   

Amber and countless others should still be alive, but side effects from chemical abortion drugs took the lives of their babies, caused serious complications, and eventually took their lives as well.   

These deaths are devastating. However, pro-life laws are not the reason for this tragedy. In a hearing last week, Senator Lankford reminded Americans that there is no pro-life law in the country that would prevent medical treatment to save the life of a pregnant woman, nor criminalizes her for having an abortion.  

Following the recent publicization of Amber’s death, U.S. Senators Murray (D- and Baldwin (D-WA) responded by not only sponsoring radical pro-abortion legislation but calling for a vote, all while deceptively blaming Georgia’s life protecting law for Amber’s death. Presidential candidate Kamala Harris also released a statement, claiming that Georgia’s pro-life law led to her death. This disinformation and fear mongering by pro-abortion leaders will only lead to more death and harm to both mom and baby.  

We cannot let abortion extremists blame pro-life laws for the tragic deaths of women like Amber. 

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What Tim Walz record on abortion in MN could mean for the nation in a possible Harris/Walz administration.

By Patrick LaVigne

In 1973 Time magazine featured the state of Minnesota on its cover with the headline “The Good Life in Minnesota.” This glowing cover story praised Minnesota as a “state that works,” based on its qualities of courtesy, fairness, and a strong charitable spirit. Fifty-one years later the North Star State is pointing in the exact opposite direction, with a single party ruling government that in less than two years has essentially removed recognition of life in the womb and erased support and recognition for women who choose to be mothers. This dramatic shift in the state’s attitude towards babies and mothers has been led by the state’s current Governor Tim Walz, a man who could become next in line to the Presidency of the United States.

Before becoming Governor, Tim Walz served for 12 years in the U.S. Congress as Representative for Minnesota’s 1^st Congressional District. During his tenure, in 2019 Congress introduced and voted on H.R. 4712, the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a law that would have given babies born alive after a failed abortion the right to receive the same medical care as any other child born at that same gestational time. At first glance, and according to official record, Rep. Walz voted for this life-saving bill. However, according to a memo he sent to the Speaker of the House, he made a mistake and actually meant to vote no, requesting his vote be changed. He made sure his constituents knew his yes vote was an “honest mistake” with a post on social media, and explaining that he had previously voted against this bill.

In 2018 Rep. Walz decided to run for Governor of Minnesota. In his acceptance speech at his party’s convention, he made sure his stance on abortion was very clear. “And my record is so pro-choice Nancy Pelosi asked me if I should tone it down. I stand with Planned Parenthood,” Walz said. Six years later as Governor, Walz would hold a round table event with Planned Parenthood at the start of the 2024 legislative session to boast about their achievements together in his administration.

And what were those achievements?

In 2023, with his party controlling both chambers of the MN Legislature, Gov. Walz signed into law the PRO Act, which allows abortion past the point in which a growing baby can feel pain and allows girls to receive abortions without parental consent. That same year Walz also signed legislation repealing the long standing bi-partisan requirement that before undergoing an abortion the mother must wait 24-hours after receiving a description of her fetus, information on fetal pain, and a list of resources that offer alternatives to abortion. He also repealed long standing laws that protected women by requiring an abortion take place in a hospital and be performed by a physician, thereby lowering health standards.

Sadly, many women today choose to have an abortion because they feel that they are alone and there is no support for them and their new child, whether financial or emotional. In Minnesota there are roughly 100 community-based pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) across the state that provide hope and free services to expectant mothers in need like ultrasounds, parenting classes, counseling, and materials like diapers, formula, and clothing. In 2005, under a bipartisan vote, the MN legislature created The Positive Alternatives Grant Program, which for almost 20 years has allocated millions of dollars in grants to PRCs across the state, assisting thousands of expectant mothers and their families in need. Under Walz’s leadership, the state eliminated this life saving program.

That Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz as her running mate is no surprise. In March 2024, Harris became the first sitting Vice President to visit a Planned Parenthood, doing so at a facility in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Welcoming and standing beside her for the event was Governor Walz. Later that summer, after the neighboring state of Iowa instituted a new law protecting life when a baby has a heartbeat, Walz invited Iowa’s women to MN to get an abortion, because that’s how Minnesotan’s “take care of our neighbors.”

One month later as he accepted the Democratic nomination for Vice President, Walz reiterated that “neighborly” Minnesota quality by loudly proclaiming that when it came to abortion, Americans should follow the new Minnesota mantra to respect your neighbors by following his golden rule to “mind your own damn business.”

Courtesy, fairness, and a charitable spirit are the qualities that made Minnesota “work” so many years ago. These qualities seem a far cry from the Minnesota Tim Walz has built today, a Minnesota where the abortion rate has risen by 37% in one year, where support that empowers mothers has been eliminated, and where “Minnesota Nice” has been replaced with “mind your own damn business.” Yes, the Minnesota “good life” may be gone, and replaced by a new vision, a vision that may become the nation’s reality under a Vice President Tim Walz.

The 2023 Virginia legislative session started with hope but ultimately ended with disappointment for the future of the unborn in Virginia. With divided chambers of the Virginia General Assembly – consisting of a pro-life controlled House of Delegates and a pro-abortion Senate – both life-affirming and pro-abortion legislation was considered and voted on. Sadly, we saw no advancement of pro-life policies in light of this division.

 

Outlined below is a brief snapshot of these critical policies and outcomes.

 

Pro-Abortion Constitutional Amendment

 

Pro-abortion Virginia General Assembly members introduced legislation that, through a voter referendum, would enshrine a so-called “fundamental right to reproductive freedom” into the state constitution (HJ 519 & SJ 255). This dangerous and misleading constitutional amendment would eliminate virtually all current or future protections for the unborn, legalizing on demand abortion up until birth at taxpayers’ expense in Virginia.

 

While SJ 255 was ultimately defeated this year in the House after passing out of the pro-abortion Senate, we must start educating our friends and neighbors NOW about the dangers and serious implications of this pro-abortion constitutional amendment. If SJ 255 ever successfully passes the General Assembly, voters at the ballot box will decide the fate of the unborn in Virginia.

 

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

 

Pro-life members of the Virginia General Assembly brought forward the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” which would protect life at 15 weeks when an unborn baby can feel pain. HB 2278 and its companion SB 1385 were championed by Governor Glenn Younkin and other pro-life Delegates and Senators. 61% of Virginians support legislation that protects life at 15 weeks, including 60% who identify as pro-choice. Sadly, this life-saving bill, which protects unborn babies who can feel excruciating pain, was stopped by pro-abortion activists from reaching the Governor’s desk.

 

Other Life-Saving Legislation

 

Another life-affirming piece of legislation considered this session was HB 1795, a bill guaranteeing that babies born alive after a failed abortion would receive the same level of medical care as appropriate for a premature baby born at the same gestational age. This bill passed in the pro-life House, but unfortunately failed to pass in the pro-abortion Senate. Pro-life legislators and pro-life Governor Youngkin also introduced an amendment (HB 1400) that would adopt the Hyde Amendment into the state budget to stop the funding of abortions with state taxpayers’ money to the fullest extent possible under federal law. We are awaiting the outcome of this life-saving measure.

 

Protecting and fully educating expectant mothers of their life-affirming options was another priority for pro-life members this session. Legislation was introduced that would require physicians to provide pregnant women who are considering an abortion with information about alternatives and available resources (HB 2270), and a bill was introduced to establish a website that would provide pregnant women access to information about life-affirming assistance (HB 2476). Sadly, both of these pro-women bills were stopped from passage by pro-abortion leaders in the Virginia Senate, after both passed out of the pro-life House.

 

Heartbreakingly, Virginia law currently allows abortion through viability and pro-abortion activists will continue to fight all measures that protect the dignity of the unborn and will instead try to further expand abortion access. That is why we need you to educate your family, friends and neighbors on how your General Assembly members are voting on these critical life-affirming, or life-ending pieces of legislation!

 

During the heart of this past legislative session, pro-life Virginians gathered on February 1st, 2023 for the fifth annual Virginia March for Life! Thousands gathered to advocate for life, hear testimony, share their stories, and march to show that Virginia is for life!

 

We must continue to stand strong in sharing the truth and hope that life is precious at every stage, that expecting mothers should be cared for and given hope, and that equality begins in the womb.

Election day was filled with highs and lows, with some results still pending, but one thing is clear: candidates with strong pro-life convictions won the day. After Roe v. Wade was overturned, the abortion lobby invested nearly $400 million into the abortion debate to sow confusion and spread misinformation, which we saw play out on election night. Despite these best efforts, however, we saw pro-life candidates, particularly pro-life Governors who recently passed strong life-affirming legislation, have double-digit wins across the country.

We also anticipate having a new pro-life majority in the U.S. House of Representatives once all the votes are counted. We will work tirelessly with pro-life members of Congress to enact robust pro-life policies that protect both mom and baby.

Today, more than ever, we must also continue to march, both in Washington, D.C. and in the states, in order to change hearts and minds and combat the onslaught of abortion extremism.  Marching in the states is increasingly critical, as we saw disappointing results on the ballot initiatives in California, Michigan, and Kentucky.

However, the efforts made by many of you who knocked on doors, phone banked, and educated your friends on these ballot measures made a difference. Even in a state like California, we saw an upward shift in people who identify as pro-life by nearly 10% following the campaign against Proposition 1, and those who identify as pro-choice dropped by nearly 7%.

The critical nature of our mission to be a voice for the voiceless in the public square is evident now more than ever, not only here on Capitol Hill, but in the critical battlegrounds in the states.

The Supreme Court has taken up one of the most important abortion-related cases in decades – Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In doing so, the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether abortion limits placed prior to 15 weeks gestation are constitutional or not.  

Because a decision will not be reached until next summer, this next year will be a hard-fought battle – not only in the courts – but also for public opinion on the matter. 

With tremendous advances in science and technology, we know so much about the unborn baby at fifteen weeks, including that the baby has all of his/her functioning organs, a visible skeleton, and is practicing things like sucking and swallowing! 

Additionally, public opinion polls for well over a decade show that 65% or more of Americans believe that abortion should be illegal in the second trimester. As of January 2020, Marist Poll found that number to be 7 in 10 Americans who support limiting abortion only to the first three months of pregnancy. 

Despite this, immediately following the Supreme Court announcement, pro-abortion advocacy organizations began working overtime to convince Americans they don’t want the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the unborn.  

While we have come a long way in educating the American public about the humanity of the unborn child, this moment is a critical one for education. Please stay informed! 

Here are a few recent interviews, opinion pieces and articles that explain the importance of this case:  

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President of the March for Life Explains Significance Behind US Supreme Court’s Announcement 

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Supreme Court to Hear Major Abortion Case 

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A Time for Courage on the Supreme Court 

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Democracy Is the Issue in the Mississippi Abortion Case

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Supreme Court Will Consider Mississippi’s 15-Week Abortion Ban

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We hope you find these resources useful, and we will be sure to keep you in the loop as this case proceeds!  

In the meantime, please join us in praying for a favorable outcome that honors the dignity and humanity of the unborn child.