Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Georgia’s state health officer, dismissed the entire maternal mortality review committee following a leak of confidential information

Members of the task force had told ProPublica the state's abortion ban had led to women's deaths.

Officials fired all members of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee after an investigation failed to determine who leaked documents to the press.

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,

Georgia officials fired everyone on the Maternal Mortality Review Committee after ProPublica reported that the panel found the deaths of two women whose care was restricted by the state's abortion ban were preventable,

This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women.