ATLANTA — Family members and community leaders gathered Tuesday for a vigil to honor the lives of two Georgia women whose deaths were tied to the state's strict abortion laws.

The vigil was held in front of the Free and Just's mural on Edgewood Avenue.

Amber Thurman and Candi Miller's stories were brought to light last year from a ProPublica report drawing attention to the abortion restrictions.

Thurman died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat complications that occurred after she took abortion pills. Reported by ProPublica , the case was the first publicly documented instance of a woman dying from delayed care tied to a state abortion law.

The news organization also reported on Miller's death , a woman with lupus, diabetes and hypertension who took abortion pills sh

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