Ziva Branstetter — ProPublica

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She previously worked at The Washington Post, founded a startup and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.</p> </div> <ul class="people-listing-header__social | stack stack--row stack--spacing-2"> <li> <a class="btn btn--icon-only btn--circular" style="--button-color: var(--color-neutral-10); --button-text-color: var(--color-neutral-full);" title="X (Twitter)" href="https://twitter.com/zivabranstetter" > <span class="icon" style="--icon-size: 1.25em"> <svg role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor"> <title>X</title> <path d="M18.2439 2.25H21.5532L14.3251 10.5094L22.8282 21.75H16.172L10.9548 14.9344L4.99229 21.75H1.67822L9.40791 12.9141L1.25635 2.25H8.08135L12.7923 8.47969L18.2439 2.25ZM17.0813 19.7719H18.9142L7.08291 4.125H5.11416L17.0813 19.7719Z"/> </svg> </span> </a> </li> </ul>  </header> <div class="people-listing-contact"> <div class="stack stack--row stack--justify-between stack--align-center"> <h3 class="people-listing-contact__hed"> Need to Get in Touch? </h3> <script type="application/json" class="svelte-config"> { "componentName": "ContactTools", "props": { "emailAddress": "ziva.branstetter@propublica.org", "signalNumber": "918-200-9095", "signalUsername": "", "phoneNumber": "918-200-9095", "buttonText": "Contact Me", "buttonProps": {"bgColor":"var(--color-text-hed)","shape":"round-rect","textColor":"var(--color-bg)","textSize":"var(--scale-2)"} }, "contextArray": [] } </script> <div class="contact-tools" data-pp-click data-pp-location="contact tools"> <button class="button shape--pill svelte-1qpwxqa" data-pp-skip="false" role="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-expanded="false" data-state="closed" id="SQjgoPcapD" data-melt-popover-trigger="" data-popover-trigger="" style="--button-bg-color: var(--color-neutral-10); --button-border: none; --button-color: var(--color-neutral-70); --button-font-size: var(--scale-2); --button-horizontal-spacing: var(--scale-1); --button-size: var(--scale3); --icon-size: 1em;"> <span class="text font--sans svelte-1qpwxqa">Contact Me</span> </button> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="people-listing-bio">  <div class="people-listing-bio__text"> <p>Ziva Branstetter has been a senior editor at ProPublica since March 2022, supervising a team of national investigative reporters. </p> <p>She previously served as corporate accountability editor at The Washington Post. She led projects there including the Post’s award-winning Pandora Papers collaboration with ICIJ and journalists around the world. </p> <p>Branstetter also worked as an editor at Reveal and co-founded The Frontier, an investigative newsroom in Oklahoma. Before that, she spent more than 20 years as a reporter and editor at the Tulsa World.</p> <p>She has reported and edited investigations that resulted in the indictment of a seven-term sheriff, the dismissal of an entire state board, criminal charges against a state lawmaker, exonerations of wrongfully convicted people and new laws to prevent labor abuses and offshore tax evasion. </p> <p>Her investigation into Oklahoma’s flawed death penalty process was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2015. Work she has edited has also received awards from IRE, the Overseas Press Club, Scripps Howard and the White House Correspondents’ Association. </p> <p>Branstetter served three terms on the board of Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. She and her husband, who live in Oklahoma, have two adult sons and one grandson.</p> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="people-listing-stories"> <div class="people-listing-featured-stories"> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-ban-deaths-cdc-maternal-health-care"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/SABA_ProPublica_AbortionDeaths_CDC_Final_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=d1073a0036c73b0e5f185700508f19d4 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/SABA_ProPublica_AbortionDeaths_CDC_Final_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=07238eb95b0a2e6c9891bbb20bdefe05 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/SABA_ProPublica_AbortionDeaths_CDC_Final_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=546fe7da12adef64bb78da84b8c8b61d 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/SABA_ProPublica_AbortionDeaths_CDC_Final_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=814ba78a1b7fb902d2325711564b4cbf 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother">Life of the Mother</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-ban-deaths-cdc-maternal-health-care"> The CDC Hasn’t Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion Bans </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > The Biden administration hasn’t delivered on its goals of measuring the public health impact of abortion bans. Experts say it’s a missed opportunity to study how the laws may lead to deaths and long-term injuries. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/kavitha-surana">Kavitha Surana</a>, <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/robin-fields">Robin Fields</a> and <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/ziva-branstetter">Ziva Branstetter</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-12-20EST05:00">Dec. 20, 2024, 5 a.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="listing-river | stack stack--col"> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/military-courts-access-navy-propublica-lawsuit"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/navy-hearings-illo-FINAL_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=751fbc348812fd74eb1f0c9403f1fc8f 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/navy-hearings-illo-FINAL_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=1472c2ff663ef418620b00c4d7ffafe7 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/navy-hearings-illo-FINAL_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=089c474a7578abf4636d9512c318a6b3 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/navy-hearings-illo-FINAL_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=2ac7058697fbedf7639fb2cbc8eda636 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/military-courts-access-navy-propublica-lawsuit"> A Defense Department Directive to Expand Access to Military Courts Falls Short of Federal Law’s Requirements </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > The guidance comes more than two years after ProPublica sued the Navy over its failure to provide court records. Legal experts say it doesn’t go far enough to increase transparency in military courts. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/ziva-branstetter">Ziva Branstetter</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-01-29EST05:00">Jan. 29, 2025, 5 a.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/state-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" 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https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/abortion-deaths-impact-roundup-final-3x2_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true_2025-01-16-204703_tiwq.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.9966&fp-y=0.4515&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=9b78471cad7e87bae8a83465c88f34c0 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother">Life of the Mother</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/state-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care"> Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/ziva-branstetter">Ziva Branstetter</a> and <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/cassandra-jaramillo">Cassandra Jaramillo</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-01-17EST07:00">Jan. 17, 2025, 7 a.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-ban-deaths-report-ron-wyden"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1231345788_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.543&fp-y=0.5716&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=894daba0d2afe541ef58792b0aa1f3ff 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1231345788_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.543&fp-y=0.5716&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=eee4005d0b428a373e212e389857e006 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1231345788_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.543&fp-y=0.5716&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=7c0bed9e3bd666df290721e5d777aa0a 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1231345788_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.543&fp-y=0.5716&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=9d3d2afa8882402d300dbbc2c553da54 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother">Life of the Mother</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-ban-deaths-report-ron-wyden"> Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > Doctors described hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according to a Senate Finance Committee report. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/kavitha-surana">Kavitha Surana</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-12-19EST12:30">Dec. 19, 2024, 12:30 p.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-bans-deaths-state-maternal-mortality-committees"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/SABA_ProPublica_AbortionDeaths_Committees_Final-PROMO.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.9251&fp-y=0.672&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=c5f00623b40f4b2b6380c9d9138247a3 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/SABA_ProPublica_AbortionDeaths_Committees_Final-PROMO.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.9251&fp-y=0.672&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=3fdd88cf1f97dfedd53b2e9f74d5eddc 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/SABA_ProPublica_AbortionDeaths_Committees_Final-PROMO.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.9251&fp-y=0.672&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=077ffafa1e5810513efd84319ab07185 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/SABA_ProPublica_AbortionDeaths_Committees_Final-PROMO.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.9251&fp-y=0.672&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=8714dfa7800ad769f9fa23f4c7bc36f5 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother">Life of the Mother</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-bans-deaths-state-maternal-mortality-committees"> Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out. </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > The same political leaders who enacted abortion bans oversee the state committees that review maternal deaths. These committees haven’t tracked the laws’ impacts, and most haven’t finished examining cases from the year the bans went into effect. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/kavitha-surana">Kavitha Surana</a>, <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/mariam-elba">Mariam Elba</a>, <span class="name">Cassandra Jaramillo</span>, <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/robin-fields">Robin Fields</a> and <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/ziva-branstetter">Ziva Branstetter</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-12-18EST05:00">Dec. 18, 2024, 5 a.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-dismisses-maternal-mortality-committee-amber-thurman-candi-miller"> 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https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-1221513965_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=dff05545a158d966b3e8f42838b4fb39 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother">Life of the Mother</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-dismisses-maternal-mortality-committee-amber-thurman-candi-miller"> Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.” </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/amy-yurkanin">Amy Yurkanin</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-11-21EST05:00">Nov. 21, 2024, 5 a.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-exceptions-deaths"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/abortion-deaths-texas-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=2a8754ebeaf2f487794d2ec16acf787f 400w, 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<h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-exceptions-deaths"> Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > The new legislation, prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, comes after 111 Texas doctors signed a public letter urging that the ban be changed because it “does not allow us as medical professionals to do our jobs.” </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/cassandra-jaramillo">Cassandra Jaramillo</a>, <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/kavitha-surana">Kavitha Surana</a>, <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/lizzie-presser">Lizzie Presser</a> and <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/ziva-branstetter">Ziva Branstetter</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-11-20EST05:00">Nov. 20, 2024, 5 a.m. EST</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-judge-lifts-six-week-abortion-ban-after-deaths"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20240929-Blas-Abortion-Vigil-Sequence_72_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=f21622fb900bb5f92a93e578f5ecfb83 400w, 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href="https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother">Life of the Mother</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-judge-lifts-six-week-abortion-ban-after-deaths"> Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > Abortion clinics rushed to provide care after a judge rejected the state’s ban, an order that could soon be paused by a higher court. It’s only the latest development since ProPublica reported the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/ziva-branstetter">Ziva Branstetter</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-10-03EDT05:00">Oct. 3, 2024, 5 a.m. EDT</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art"> <a class="aspect-3-2" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/amber-thurman-georgia-abortion-wyden-emtala"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273%27%20height%3D%272%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20240917-Blas-Abortion-Death-06.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.6034&fp-y=0.5554&h=267&q=75&w=400&s=2555f61af1d6e6ce6f3d2ff9f5815080 400w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20240917-Blas-Abortion-Death-06.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.6034&fp-y=0.5554&h=533&q=75&w=800&s=a0a96e3f3340cbacd5987e694304aae9 800w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20240917-Blas-Abortion-Death-06.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.6034&fp-y=0.5554&h=800&q=75&w=1200&s=5d0e49c09ec3a98f6319afe38802b022 1200w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20240917-Blas-Abortion-Death-06.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.6034&fp-y=0.5554&h=1067&q=75&w=1600&s=d7c3d5c32281e9631c01a3760de92fc3 1600w" width="400" height="267" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother">Life of the Mother</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/amber-thurman-georgia-abortion-wyden-emtala"> Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers. </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > Thurman died after waiting 20 hours for emergency care under the state’s abortion ban. Sen. 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