She says the new guidance just further muddies the waters about whats legally permissible under the states six-week ban.
Its playing politics and trying to cast blame on doctors, she added.
The alert points to several exceptions to the abortion ban.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left). Attorney General Liz Murrill (right).CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images; Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP
There are no exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking after the fifteenth week of pregnancy.
They say its tough to be an OB-GYN in Florida right now.
Its an impossible choice physicians are being threatened on all sides by the government intervening in their medical decisions.
Abortion rights supporters in the state find the timing of the states new guidance to be a political calculation.
Doctors dont know what to do, said Goodhue.
Its damned if you do and damned if you dont.
She said she usually hears from the doctors she works with, but this was a much larger amount.
Last night, Thurmans family attended Oprahs virtual campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris.
People around the world need to know that this was preventable, said Thurmans mother, Shanette.
Youre looking at a mother that is broken.
The worst pain ever, that a mother, that a parent, could ever feel.
Heres the problem with that: Is she on deaths door before you actually decide to give her help?
Is that what were saying, said Harris.
On Friday afternoon, Harris brought up Thurmans case during a campaign event in Atlanta.
She described Thurman as a vibrant and ambitious 28-year-old mother of a six-year-old boy.
Harris pointed out that the two Georgia deaths reported on by ProPublica are only the stories we know.
InLouisiana, Attorney General Liz Murrill released asix-page statementwith similar language to Floridas health department.
She claimed the media and politicians are spreading disinformation about Louisianas abortion ban.
Any statements to the contrary are flatly incorrect.
Its the way that they operate through intimidation and bullying.
Women have been judged and shamed for accessing health care for 50 years.
