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Press Release
Reproductive Freedom for All Statement on the Death of Candi Miller
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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Reproductive Freedom for All Statement on the Death of Candi Miller
Washington, DC — Today, ProPublica reported on the death of Candi Miller, a Georgia woman who died as a result of the state’s abortion ban. Miller’s family said that she didn’t go to a doctor “due to the current legislation on pregnancies and abortions.” An official state maternal health committee found Miller’s death to be “preventable” and blamed the state’s abortion ban. News of Miller’s death follows another report from ProPublica on the preventable death of Amber Nicole Thurman, who also died as a result of Georgia’s abortion ban.
Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement:
“Candi Miller should be alive right now, and the reason she is not is because of Donald Trump, Brian Kemp, and every single Republican politician who helped put Georgia’s ban in place. We are grieving the loss of Candi, Amber, and the many others who have lost their lives because of abortion bans whose stories have not yet come to light. This deadly crisis must end. It’s up to us to make sure that happens by sending leaders to Congress and the White House who will restore the federal right to abortion and expand access to care for all who need it.”
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For over 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.