New Senate Report shows dangers of Georgia abortion ban
Sen. Jon Ossoff released new findings that show how imperiled women are by the six-week ban.
U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff today released a new report in which over a dozen Georgia OBGYNs say they’ve personally observed cases where Georgia’s abortion ban led to injury or even the death of pregnant women.
On Friday, Sen. Ossoff released new findings from his ongoing investigation into the impacts of Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban, in which Georgia OBGYNs revealed they had personally encountered cases in which Georgia’s six-week abortion ban contributed to a health complication or death of the mother.
As part of the investigation, Sen. Ossoff’s office surveyed Georgia OBGYNs with assistance from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
In the latest survey results, Georgia OBGYNs reported that Georgia’s abortion ban has led to emergency rooms turning away patients having miscarriages, doctors being forced to wait for patients’ conditions to deteriorate before terminating pregnancies, and women afraid to seek treatment for complications from abortions induced through medication or obtained out of state.
Doctors reported seeing patients who had been refused treatment for miscarriages at hospitals. OBGYNs explained that under the State’s ban, they were unable to terminate pregnancies for women with complications that posed a serious threat to their health because those complications did not meet the State ban’s threshold for intervention.
Respondents reported encountering women who were afraid to seek treatment for complications with abortions induced by medication or performed out of state, even when their lives were in danger.