Republican Kat Cammack accuses the left of fearmongering after life-threatening ectopic?pregnancy

Kat Cammack, a Republican hailing from Florida, ended up struggling with the state¡¯s strict abortion ban after suffering through an ectopic pregnancy in May 2024. The lawmaker had to check into an emergency room where she was diagnosed with the five-week pregnancy that was no longer viable and presented a threat to her life.

Her story drew media attention this year after it was reported that the doctors hesitated in giving her a shot of methotrexate, fearing that they may face repercussions such as losing their license or facing criminal prosecution because of running afoul of Florida¡¯s six-week abortion ban. While leftists and pro-choice activists latched on to the story to argue that strict abortion bans can harm even Republicans, Kat Cammack has continued to support the abortion ban and instead accused the left of fearmongering and misinformation.

Kat Cammack¡¯s story made headlines again this month

A month into Florida¡¯s six-week abortion ban, Rep. Kat Cammack says she struggled to get ER care for an ectopic pregnancy ¡ª and blames the left (WSJ) pic.twitter.com/64cLNPjSIv

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Kat Cammack¡¯s story had a resurgence in the public eye after Katy Stetch Ferek did a story on it in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on June 22, 2025. The report detailed how doctors determined that ending Kat¡¯s ectopic pregnancy would be essential to saving her life but hesitated in following through with it. Kat Cammack had to haggle with the hospital staff for hours, to the extent of personally looking up the abortion law on her phone and attempting to get in touch with the Governor¡¯s office.

Eventually, the staff did terminate her ectopic pregnancy. Per the WSJ¡¯s reporting however, Kat remains resolute in her support for Florida¡¯s six-week abortion ban and instead blames the left for spreading misinformation. As she put it: ¡°It was absolute fearmongering at its worst¡­There will be some comments like, ¡®Well, thank God we have abortion services,¡¯ even though what I went through wasn¡¯t an abortion.¡±

Kat isn¡¯t alone in her belief that the abortion ban¡¯s passing led to the spread of misinformation, as the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) would publish additional guidelines to clarify the law several months after its passing. Kat has claimed that the reason she went public with her story was to dispel misconceptions surrounding her, as she claimed that she would support anyone, Republican or Democrat, if they needed medical support after a miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy, as she believes the two do not fall within the ambit of Florida¡¯s abortion ban.

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