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Amber Nicole Thurman (September 16, 1993 – August 19, 2022) was a 28-year-old medical assistant who died of septic shock and retained products of conception following delays in her medical care after her abortion.
Abortion in Georgia is legal until 22 weeks of pregnancy. A previous 6-week ban made abortion illegal after detection of embryonic cardiac-cell activity, [1] which typically begins in the fifth or sixth week after the onset of the last menstrual period (LMP), two to three weeks after implantation. [2][3] However, this law was struck down by a ...
Feminist health center. A feminist health center is an independent, not-for-profit, alternative medical facility that primarily provides gynecological health care. Many feminist health centers were founded in the 1970s as part of the women's health movement in the United States. These centers were founded with the purposes of challenging the ...
The Northside Hospital System (Northside) is a hospital network in the Atlanta area of Georgia in the United States. [1] Its specialties include oncology, gynecology, neurology, orthopedic surgery, and gastroenterology. Northside operates five hospitals across the metro area: Northside Hospital Atlanta, Northside Hospital Cherokee, Northside ...
Before the Dobbs decision, the only abortion clinic operating in North Dakota was the Red River Women's Clinic, located in Fargo, which is immediately on the border with Minnesota. In light of the legal uncertainty after the decision, the clinic moved to Moorhead, Minnesota, just on the other side of the state line. [149]
A CPC in Lincoln, Nebraska (foreground) intentionally located across the street [1] from an abortion clinic (background). A crisis pregnancy center (CPC), sometimes called a pregnancy resource center (PRC) [2] or a pro-life pregnancy center, [3] [4] is a type of nonprofit organization established by anti-abortion groups primarily to persuade pregnant women not to have an abortion.
Welner began her career as a surgeon and an infertility specialist, directing a women's clinic in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1987, she experienced a cardiac arrest while at a hospital in the Netherlands. Complications afterwards led to neurological impairments, particularly affecting mobility, vision, and fine-motor skills.
Anti-abortion violence is specifically directed towards people who or places which provide abortion. [2] It is recognized as "single-issue terrorism". [3]Incidents include vandalism, arson, and bombings of abortion clinics, such as those committed by Eric Rudolph (1996–98), and murders or attempted murders of physicians and clinic staff, as committed by James Kopp (1998), Paul Jennings Hill ...