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Unresolved

Amber Thurman

Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

"They would feel the need to wait for higher blood pressure, wait for a higher fever - really got to justify this one - bleed a little bit more."

On the evening of 18 August 2022, Amber Thurman was rushed to the Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia. The 28-year-old single mother had been experiencing cramping and bleeding for days, and was beginning to vomit blood. After losing consciousness, her boyfriend had called 9-1-1 and requested an ambulance.

After arriving at the hospital that evening, doctors would diagnose Amber with an infection that was quickly evolving into sepsis. They'd learn that Amber had recently undergone a medication abortion and needed a life-saving procedure known as a dilation and curettage (D&C). However, because of the recent repeal of Roe v. Wade, as well as Georgia's pre-existing abortion ban, doctors hesitated to perform the D&C. Meanwhile, Amber's condition worsened...



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Hey y'all. Before we get into the substance of today's episode, I want to take a moment to advise

1:03.6

some listener discretion. This episode is about abortion and maternal health care in America.

1:09.2

If that's not something you want to hear, then I do get it. It's a tough subject, but this is a tough care in America. If that's not something you want to hear, then I do get it.

1:12.6

It's a tough subject, but this is a tough time in America, and it's something that I need to

1:16.6

talk about in this moment. You may disagree, and that's fine. Maybe sit this one out if that's the case.

1:22.6

At the same time, if you're one of those people who thinks that true crime and politics should never, ever intersect, I really do hope that you rethink that.

1:31.3

As I've covered before on this podcast, crime is in and of itself political.

1:36.6

The people who make laws are politicians, and those laws are then enforced by, you guessed it, law enforcement.

1:43.0

True crime as a genre is a good way to share

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