I’m proud to have consistently put both your & your baby’s life at risk since 2011.

Your body. My choice.

My actions as your State Senator led directly to Amber Thurman’s death.

Amber Thurman’s death was an entirely preventable tragedy, rooted in the harsh realities of Georgia’s restrictive abortion laws—which I sponsored and voted for.

Amber, only 19, was pregnant when complications arose that made it clear her pregnancy was non-viable. However, due to Georgia’s abortion ban, her doctors hesitated to provide care, fearing legal repercussions. Amber developed a life-threatening infection and, by the time doctors intervened, it was too late. Her death illuminates the horrifying consequences of legislation that disregards women’s health in favor of my political ideology.

Amber’s case illustrates the chilling effect our abortion laws have on doctors, who are forced to make impossible choices between following the law and providing essential medical care. The irony is that Amber could have survived if not for the legal restrictions I sponsored and voted for, which turned a medical emergency into a fatal outcome.

Her story humanizes the grim statistics of post-Dobbs America, where women are caught in the crosshairs of laws that deny them the right to receive potentially life-saving healthcare. Every delay, every moment of hesitation, can be the difference between life and death.

And her death is a sobering reminder that abortion bans don’t just restrict access to reproductive care—they rob families of loved ones, leaving a legacy of grief, anger, and loss.

Source: ProPublica.

My record against reproductive liberty is extreme & escalating.

  • I voted to expand a woman’s liability for violating state abortion laws (2011).

  • I voted to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks (2012).

  • I voted to prohibit abortion coverage for state employees (2014).

  • I voted to prohibit abortion coverage in qualified health plans (2014).

  • I voted to collect information on juvenile petitions for an abortion (2016).

  • I voted to prohibit abortion after six weeks (2019).

  • I sponsored and voted to limit access to abortion-inducing drugs (2022).

    Sources: VoteSmart.org and The Georgia General Assembly.

My actions have led to more babies dying, too.

On top of having the worst healthcare access in the country, Georgia has the ninth-highest infant mortality rate in the country, with about seven babies dying for every 1,000 live births. I helped to make that record worse and to extended the problem nationwide. 

A recent study published JAMA Pediatrics reveals that infant mortality in the US rose by 7% following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022. This increase has been particularly linked to states like Georgia which have strict abortion bans and in which more pregnancies with severe fetal abnormalities are being carried to term, leading to more deaths during infancy. Researchers found an even larger 10% increase in deaths due to congenital abnormalities.

This rise in infant mortality mirrors earlier findings from Texas, where that state’s even more draconian 2021 law banning most abortions led to a 13% rise in infant deaths​.

Source: CNN, Forbes, and JAMA Pediatrics.

It’s time to hold me accountable.

  • Contact my office at 404-463-8055 and demand that I support a woman’s right to choose, to reproductive healthcare both until a fetus is viable, and to emergency healthcare for the duration of a pregnancy.

  • Then vote out elected officials like myself who clearly don’t understand human reproduction and who refuse to take action to respect the lives, the sacrifices, and the diversity of situations mothers face throughout pregnancy.

I know most of my constituents support reproductive liberty. I just don’t care.

  • 75% of Georgians—including 62% of Republicans and 83% of Democrats—don’t want to see abortion criminalized before the point of fetal viability.

  • Nearly the same percentage of all voters—and 86% of Black voters—described banning abortion at six weeks as very or somewhat concerning.

  • And 45% of Georgians—including half of younger voters, broad majorities of women, Black Georgians, and independents—want to make abortion “easier to obtain.”

But I’m not very interested in my constituents’ opinions if they differ from my own. That’s why I’m proud to share my pledge to criminalize abortion—including to prevent the death of the mother, in cases of rape, and in cases of incest with a minor. I signed that pledge with a proud “No exceptions!” because, frankly, cruelty is the point.

Sources: AJC, Reproductive Freedom For All and University of Maryland.

Since I won’t do the job, you should support JD Jordan.

I remain a staunch opponent of a woman’s right to bodily autonomy. My record is long, consistent, and far more radical than the average Georgian.

Meanwhile, my opponent JD Jordan has consistently argued that every Georgian should have access to high-quality reproductive healthcare services consistent with medical best practices and scientific evidence—including safe and legal abortion.

As I’ve said before, “[JD Jordan] prioritizes their children, family, and home above politics” and I stand by that statement.

Sources: forthe56.com and Instagram