this has amara thurman for treatment at a hospital there atlanta doctors did not operate we don't know what was going through their minds in the second case, candi miller family literally told the corner that she was afraid because of the state's abortion ban to seek care the maternal mortality committee ruled that that case was also preventable and directly connected it to the state's abortion ban i see in the article that a spokesperson for the republican governor brian kemp called the reporting labeled as a fearmongering campaign talk to me about that well, i just think it's ironic. they also use that word fear fear-mongering two weeks before amara thurman died when advocates doctors went to court to stop the state's abortion ban and said women would suffer, women would die. they said that's fearmongering bring to two weeks later and then died i also think it's ironic that this is a state board that rolled both deaths are preventable that answers to ultimately, the governor that's exactly right. >> and that's where some of the sourcing is coming from that you guys as you dug into it

he died in bed with her three-year-old with her amara thurman has for year-old son that now family members are raising the maternal mortality rate in georgia is among the highest in the nation, three times higher for collar how many other stories like this do you think are out there don't really know. >> we we all we have to go buy are the days before roe. there were hundreds of deaths from what was then called septic abortion, propublica is very interested in hearing from family members of loved ones we have died while pregnant, may be unable to access care. they may have had chronic conditions like candi miller who had lupus were very interested in looking at these cases doing what we can to uncover the real causes. we think there needs to be more transparency among state maternal mortality boards which operates two years behind. so who knows how many cases are out there we would like to know no matter the decision, the political decisions made at those at the state level, the transparency of what is happening within the state is important for everyone when they're making decisions on th