Georgia officials dismissed all members of a state maternal health panel after information about the deaths of two women with abortion pill complications was leaked to the press earlier this fall. The dismissal comes two months after the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller,

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive its biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women.

Since June 2022, Georgia has prohibited all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, when many women might not know they are pregnant, except in cases of rape, incest or when necessary to prevent "irreversible physical impairment" or death of the mother.