“You’re looking at mother who is broken:” Mother of Georgian Amber Thurman who died when denied medical care in pregnancy emergency

On today’s episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s
Politically Georgia podcast, Seneca Project co-founder Tara Stemayer joins the podcast
to discuss the organization’s bi-partisan effort to motivate women in swing
states to turn out to vote. They look at Kamala Harris’ visit to Atlanta today
where she’ll highlight the numbers of women who have died or had medical
emergencies when strict abortion laws like Georgia’s have prevented them from
getting care.
 
Then, Yana Batra joins the podcast to
discuss the planned walkout of students in schools across Georgia as they call
of stricter gun safety laws in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Apalachee
High School in Barrow County.
 
And later, the hosts answer questions
from the Politically Georgia listener mailbag and give their choices for who’s
up and who’s down this week.
 
 
Links to today’s topics: 
Kamala
Harris travels to Atlanta after reports of two women who died due to Georgia
abortion restrictions
AJC
poll: Will abortion be a top issue in Georgia? Harris hopes so
Georgia
students plan walkout to demand tougher gun safety measures
 
 
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We’ll play back your question and answer it during the listener mailbag segment
on next Friday's episode.
 
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Executive producer- Shane Backler
Producer- Natalie Mendenhall
Engineer- Shane Backler
Editor- Devan Kortan
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