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Miami Herald
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Florida congresswoman's pregnancy termination makes the case for small government
U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack's experience trying to end a pregnancy last year, which she has been publicly discussing, makes an argument for small, limited government. Hear me out: Last May, shortly after Florida's Heartbeat Protection Act became law, the Florida congresswoman suffered a life‑threatening ectopic pregnancy — an embryo implanted outside the womb. The law has limited exceptions for abortions, such as if a woman's life is in danger, but they are vague. At five weeks pregnant, Cammack had to convince doctors to give her medication to end the unviable pregnancy. She was met with resistance from doctors and nurses because they feared prosecution under Florida's six-week abortion ban. The hesitation could have put Cammack's life in danger. Florida's law prohibits abortions after six weeks and has limited exemptions that aren't fully defined. That can leave medical workers in legal gray areas. When healthcare providers face potential felony charges for making split-second medical decisions, caution becomes a matter of self-preservation, not politics. Cammack had to convince her doctors to treat her: She pulled up the Florida statute on her phone. She called the governor's office but got no response. Eventually, she got the shot she needed to end the pregnancy. Her experience could've sparked an honest discussion about of the dangers of government overreach into women's bodies. I'm politically conservative but I think government should stay out of people's personal lives. Cammack, however, didn't use this moment to talk about how the law's vagueness may have put her life at risk. Instead, she deflected, blaming the left and telling the Wall Street Journal it was 'absolute fearmongering at its worst.' Instead of acknowledging the flaws with the law, she insisted to Fox News on Friday, 'the left absolutely played a role in making sure that doctors and women were scared to seek out the help that they needed.' Since the Wall Street Journal article was published, she said her office had to be evacuated due to death threats against her and her family. Cammack's reflexive blaming of the left shows a troubling disconnect from reality. Her providers weren't reacting to headlines. They were navigating serious legal risk. Violating the Florida abortion law can mean up to five years in prison, fines of up to $5,000 and loss of medical licenses for healthcare providers. Cammack's experience hardened her stance against abortion. (She insists she did not have one, though her pregnancy was terminated.) In January 2025 — months after her experience — she co-sponsored H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The bill passed 220-210 in the House, mandates medical care for infants born alive after an abortion and includes criminal penalties for healthcare providers who fail to comply. She continues to support laws that create barriers to these drugs and procedures — despite having benefited from discretion and flexibility in care. Cammack has said she wants to 'get the politics out of women's health care.' I suggest she start with refusing to pass legislation that allows for the government to have a say in what a woman does with her body. I am not arguing for erasing moral boundaries or allowing late-term abortion. Nor is this about being pro-life or pro-choice. It's about whether we, as conservatives, are willing to apply our principles consistently. We are quick to tout limited government when it comes to business, regulation and taxation. But somehow when it comes to women's bodies and their healthcare, we allow the state to intervene freely. Individual liberty applies to all aspects of life — not just the ones we're comfortable with. While Cammack received life-saving treatment, other Florida women may not be so fortunate. She survived because of her resources and her ability to navigate legal ambiguity that would be overwhelming for many women without her resources. Cammack lived to tell her story. Many other women may not have the same fortune. That is a commentary on the privilege of power and a cautionary tale of what happens when we selectively apply limited government principles. Mary Anna Mancuso is a member of the Miami Herald Editorial Board. Her email: mmancuso@
Int'l Business Times
a day ago
- Health
- Int'l Business Times
GOP Lawmaker Branded 'Hypocrite' After Declaring the Left 'Scared' Doctors Over Her Ectopic Pregnancy: 'You Voted for This'
A Republican lawmaker is being branded a "hypocrite" online after she accused the left of scaring doctors and healthcare providers after she had to plead for her ectopic pregnancy to be treated. Florida Rep. Kat Cammack revealed in a Wall Street Journal article earlier this week that she experienced an ectopic pregnancy in May 2024. However, due to Florida implementing bans against abortions after six weeks, medical providers were hesitant to give her the care that would save her life. However, despite abortion bans being largely pushed and passed by Republican legislators, Cammack blamed the left for her health scare, accusing them of "fearmongering" which she said left doctors "scared" to provide care. "These healthcare providers had been receiving pro-abortion lobby ads, to the tune of millions of dollars being spent on these ads that were threatening and scaring doctors away from helping women, saying that they could lose their license, they could go to jail," Cammack said in a Fox News interview Thursday. Cammack said she tried to explain how she could still receive care under the law, but the providers "felt like they couldn't do anything." "It dawned on me as I was sitting there with my husband: this is what women have been experiencing because of the fearmongering around women's healthcare. The left absolutely played a role in making sure that doctors and women were scared to seek out the help that they needed," she continued. After Cammack's interview was shared online, social media users responded with backlash. Several users accused her of not grasping the implications of a ban like Florida's and claimed that her experience was her "fault." "The left said keep government out of healthcare. You voted for this," one user commented. Another added, "It was the right who put into place all these abortion bans. Peak gaslighting." "The absolute worst kind of hypocrite. She nearly died because of her own stupid party and she's out there shilling for them like it was nothing," an X user chided. One user declared, "Sis this is you and your party's fault." "A bill written by the right, supported by the right, passed by the right, and signed by the right. Yet, she blames the people who fought AGAINST it! Looks like Kat just discovered that the bill she supported has consequences," another wrote. Originally published on Latin Times
Fox News
a day ago
- Health
- Fox News
GOP rep speaks out after being forced to evacuate offices over threats from pro-abortion activists
Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., is speaking out about the death threats she's received from pro-abortion activists after publicly sharing her experience with a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy — an ordeal that ultimately led to the evacuation of her offices. Cammack told "Fox & Friends First" on Friday that she was targeted by pro-abortion activists after sharing her life-threatening ectopic pregnancy story with The Wall Street Journal. Last May, the Florida congresswoman found herself in a frightening position when her doctors were hesitant to treat her possibly fatal pregnancy complication due to the state's near-total abortion ban. "It took about 10 days to discover exactly what was going on. Doctors originally thought that I was just miscarrying, and then they discovered a very rare ectopic — actually one of the rarest and most dangerous types of ectopic pregnancies you can have," she said. Cammack noted that while Florida's abortion laws have exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, her doctors were still hesitant to provide her with life-saving care because they were scared they would face losing their license or even being sent to prison. "I literally was lying on the table reading them the law, and it dawned on me as I was sitting there with my husband — this is what women are experiencing because of the fearmongering around women's healthcare, and it has to stop," she asserted, adding, "The left absolutely played a role in making sure that doctors and women were scared to seek out the help that they needed." Following the publication of her story in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Cammack began receiving death threats from pro-abortion activists, leading to the evacuation of her offices. One of the threats she received read: "We would be better off if you hadn't survived. The only good Republican is a dead Republican." Cammack said that she's received "thousands of threatening phone calls" and more than three dozen "actionable, credible" death threats since sharing her story. "Things that are so horrible, like 'I'm going to come cut out your unborn child and roast it over a fire.' Things that I can't say on air," the congresswoman recalled. "What is really, really scary is the vitriol and the fact that people don't even want to look into the details or take accountability for their actions," she said. According to Cammack, the most important lesson she's taken away from her traumatic experience is that there's not only a "literacy crisis" unfolding in the country, but also a basic lack of understanding of "what healthcare for women is," adding that "ectopic pregnancies are not abortions."
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Pregnant Republican forced to evacuate Florida office after imminent death threats following her painful revelation
Florida Republican Kat Cammack shared Wednesday that her district office had to be evacuated due to death threats she received following a Wall Street Journal story published earlier this week detailed her experiences with an ectopic pregnancy last year. Cammack, 37, is currently pregnant and expecting her first child in mid-August. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the congresswoman spoke of 'imminent death threats against me, my unborn child, my family and my staff' based on her revealing her story about a 'nonviable pregnancy with no heartbeat.' 'Since then, we've received thousands of hate-filled messages and dozens of credible threats from pro-abortion activists, which law enforcement is actively investigating,' she added, noting the uptick of violent threats against elected officials. In a statement sent to the Daily Mail by Cammack's office she also noted: 'This is the unacceptable reality we're facing: sharing a personal health story in an effort to improve healthcare for women and their children can lead to threats, harassment, and evacuation orders'. 'This should be a wake-up call. Women deserve better. And so does the national healthcare dialogue, Cammack added. The threats come just over a week after a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband were assassinated at their home by a gunman. Cammack also clarified that she did not vote for Florida's heartbeat law since she serves as a U.S. congresswoman, not a state legislature. Florida's heartbeat law, passed in 2023, bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected — typically around six weeks of pregnancy. 'Let me be clear: I will not be intimidated. I won't back down in the fight for women and families. Ensuring women have the resources and care they deserve is critical. We need real conversations about maternal healthcare in America—conversations based on truth, not fear,' Cammack said. Today, we had to evacuate our offices due to imminent death threats against me, my unborn child, my family, and my staff. These threats erupted after the Wall Street Journal reported on my life-threatening ectopic pregnancy—a nonviable pregnancy with no heartbeat. Since then,… — Rep. Cammack Press Office (@RepKatCammack) June 26, 2025 The Wall Street Journal reported that Cammack was about five weeks pregnant when she required a methotrexate injection to treat an ectopic pregnancy — a condition in which the embryo cannot survive. Cammack is a co-chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus, and opposes abortion, but backs exemptions in the case of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is in danger. Cammack's team said some of the threats came in as comments on a series of photos she and her husband Matt Harrison took to celebrate her pregnancy.
Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Florida Republican's Office Evacuated After ‘Imminent Death Threats'
Florida Representative Kat Cammack said her offices were evacuated on Wednesday due to "imminent death threats" against her, her family and her staff. Cammack said the threats began after the Wall Street Journal reported on her experience with an ectopic pregnancy last year. She told the newspaper that doctors had been hesitant to give her a drug to end the pregnancy even though her life was at risk because they were worried about running afoul of Florida's abortion law - which she blamed on "fearmongering" from abortion-rights groups. Cammack wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that her office had subsequently received "thousands of hate-filled messages and dozens of credible threats from pro-abortion activists, which law enforcement is actively investigating." Her post included screenshots of comments and messages she received on social media. She added: "To those spreading misinformation: I did not vote for Florida's heartbeat law; I serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, not the Florida Legislature. Let me be clear: I will not be intimidated. I won't back down in the fight for women and families. Ensuring women have the resources and care they deserve is critical. We need real conversations about maternal healthcare in America-conversations based on truth, not fear." Abortion rights advocates told Newsweek that the delays Cammack experienced were "a direct consequence of Florida lawmakers passing extreme, confusing, and politically motivated abortion bans." Newsweek has contacted Cammack's office and the U.S. Capitol Police for comment by email outside of regular working hours. This is a breaking story. More to follow. Related Articles Chocolates Recall Map Shows States With New WarningCould 'Alligator Alcatraz' Airport Launch Deportation Flights? What We KnowFlorida's Beaches to Change Under New Law: What to KnowFlorida Adding New Criminal Penalty for Dangerous Speeding From July 1 2025 NEWSWEEK DIGITAL LLC.
