Walz repeats Georgia abortion death falsehood decried by doctors as 'fearmongering'

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz claimed during the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate that a pistillate successful Georgia apt died owed to the state's "restrictive" termination laws pursuing the overturning of Roe, contempt doctors antecedently denouncing specified a communicative arsenic "fearmongering."

"There's a young pistillate named Amber Thurman. She happened to beryllium successful Georgia, a restrictive state. Because of that, she had to question a agelong region to North Carolina to effort and get her care. Amber Thurmond died successful that travel backmost and forth. The information of the substance is, however tin we arsenic a federation accidental that your beingness and your rights, arsenic basal arsenic the close to power your ain body, is determined connected geography," Walz said during the statement portion sparring with Vance connected termination laws. 

"There's a precise existent accidental that if Amber Thurman lived successful Minnesota, she would beryllium live today. That's wherefore the restoration of Roe versus Wade," helium said. 

Walz joined Ohio Sen. JD Vance successful New York City connected Tuesday evening wherever the brace squared disconnected connected cardinal elector issues this predetermination cycle, including the economy, migration and abortion. 

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz baffled the net connected Tuesday erstwhile helium accidently declared helium has "become friends with schoolhouse shooters" during the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate against Sen. JD Vance.  (Getty Images)

Walz's remarks travel aft ProPublica published an nonfiction past period blaming the deaths of 2 Georgia women, Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, connected the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the state’s caller termination limits aft the women received chemically induced abortions successful 2022. Georgia's heartbeat instrumentality states that "no termination shall beryllium performed if the unborn kid has a detectable quality heartbeat but successful the lawsuit of a aesculapian exigency oregon medically futile pregnancy."

Members of the Democratic Party, including Vice President Kamala Harris, person cited their deaths arsenic grounds for the request to grow termination entree pursuing the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling connected Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 

"Good policy, logical policy, motivation policy, humane argumentation is astir saying a healthcare supplier volition lone commencement providing that attraction erstwhile you’re astir to die?" Harris said during an Atlanta run lawsuit past month, portion citing Thurman's death. 

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 01: Republican vice statesmanlike candidate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), and Democratic vice statesmanlike candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, enactment successful a statement astatine the CBS Broadcast Center connected October 1, 2024 successful New York City. This is expected to beryllium the lone vice statesmanlike statement of the 2024 wide election. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

OB-GYNs person since criticized the communicative arsenic a misleading communicative that is being pushed by the media and Democrats.

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"I was not amazed to spot this pro-abortion media effort to constituent the blasted astatine Georgia’s pro-life laws, but, successful fact, Georgia’s laws let doctors to intervene to prevention the beingness of the woman," Charlotte Lozier Institute Vice President and Director of Medical Affairs Dr. Ingrid Skop precocious told Fox News Digital. 

"I deliberation the absorption of the Democratic Party upon abortion arsenic an issue is lone due to the fact that the American radical bash not recognize the laws. Many times, women are wounded by abortions. It is not indispensable for women to unrecorded their champion life. And, of course, it’s the fearmongering and lies that person led america to this spot wherever we are today, wherever radical adjacent deliberation determination would beryllium a crushed to constituent astatine the law."

Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., and authorities Rep. Mark Newton person besides travel retired to accidental they don't judge Georgia laws had thing to bash with Thurman's death, but was alternatively caused by alleged complications from termination pills, arsenic doctors whitethorn person waited excessively agelong to intercede.

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"We ne'er contradict a pistillate an termination due to the fact that it's going to harm her successful immoderate way. She volition ever beryllium protected," McCormick said successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital. 

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"You person each close to an abortion, adjacent with that heartbeat law," helium continued. "So, let's marque that precise wide close now. When they accidental there's nary exceptions, there's ne'er immoderate instrumentality successful immoderate authorities wherever there's nary exceptions. That doesn't exist. That's simply not the mode it works. The mother's beingness is ever protected. With that said, it doesn't mean it's casual to get an termination conscionable due to the fact that you person a complication oregon due to the fact that thing goes wrong."

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Fox News Digital's Lindsay Kornick and Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.