Grieving families say delayed care and legal confusion cost their daughters’ lives, urging Georgia leaders to act on maternal health protections
LITHONIA, Ga. — As Black Maternal Health Week begins this Saturday, two Georgia mothers are speaking out together after devastating losses they believe could have been prevented. Now, they are calling for urgent changes to the state’s abortion law, arguing it is putting pregnant women at risk.
April Newkirk and Shanette Williams stood hand in hand as they shared their grief and their determination to push for reform.
“There’s a hole in our
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