ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris is returning to Atlanta this week, officials told 11Alive on Wednesday.
Harris is set to return on Friday to highlight her support for abortion rights. Details about her visit haven't yet been revealed at this time.
Earlier this week, Harris highlighted the death of Amber Thurman, a Georgia mother featured Monday in an in-depth ProPublica report that said hers was the first time an abortion-related death officially deemed "preventable" has surfaced following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and subsequent enforcement of state abortion bans.
"This young mother should be alive, raising her son, and pursuing her dream of attending nursing school," Harris previously said. "This is exactly what we feared when Roe was struck down."
Thurman, a 28-year-old mother of a 6-year-old boy, died in 2022. According to the ProPublica report, it was officially deemed preventable by a state committee due to a delay in care for a rare complication that occurred when she took abortion pills.
State abortion bans, Harris said Tuesday, "are preventing doctors from providing basic medical care."
11Alive will update this story as we learn more about Harris' visit.
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