Florida GOP Rep Nearly Dies Under Abortion Law She Supports, Highlighting 1 Fatal Conservative Flaw
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Rep. Kat Cammack's treatment for her ectopic pregnancy was delayed under Florida's six-week abortion ban. But she blames the left for "fearmongering."
A Florida Republican’s response to her life-threatening experience with ectopic pregnancy highlights the problem with the GOP’s understanding of reproductive health and freedom.
In an interview published in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend, Rep. Kat Cammack shared how medical professionals delayed giving her the shot of methotrexate needed to terminate her nonviable ectopic pregnancy last May due to concerns about the legal consequences under Florida’s six-week abortion ban.
Rather than examine the state law’s vague language and challenging implications for health providers and patients, Cammack blamed the dangerous delay in treatment on messaging from the left.
“It was absolute fearmongering at its worst,” she said.
“There will be some comments like, ‘Well, thank God we have abortion services,’ even though what I went through wasn’t an abortion,” she added.
